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unsynch a ‘loopout’ on multiple layers … possible?
hi,
I made a very simple position animation and looped it. The exact code is:
loopOut(“cycle”, 3)
I applied it to a many layer, but realize I don’t want the cycle uniform on every layer (ie: I don’t want them to all animate in sync – I would like the sync to be ‘off’ a little). I was wondering if there was something I could add to the expression to do that? Right now my only option is to move each later a little on the time line however that would prove very time consuming. Thanks in advance for any help.
-Jay
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3 Replies
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You could “roll your own” loop out expression and vary the timing, like this:
loopKeys = 3;
seedRandom(index,true);
variance = random(-0.2, 0.2); // time variance (seconds)
t = time + variance
t2 = key(numKeys).time;
t1 = key(numKeys – loopKeys).time;if (t > t2){
valueAtTime( (t-t2)%(t2-t1) + t1)
}else{
valueAtTime(t)
}Dan
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Wow Dan, thanks that really worked! It’s true you guys definitely know what you’re doing here!
I was wondering, just out of curiosity, would it be possible to also change the ‘speed’ of the aforementioned loopOut? In other words, now that I have them all slightly unsynced, would it be further possible to make some loops go faster/slower then other loops using an expression code?
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Somethingk like this, maybe:
loopKeys = 3;
seedRandom(index,true);
variance = random(-0.2, 0.2); // time variance (seconds)
rateMult = random(0.75,1.25); // rate multiplier
t = (time + variance)*rateMult;
t2 = key(numKeys).time;
t1 = key(numKeys – loopKeys).time;if (t > t2){
valueAtTime( (t-t2)%(t2-t1) + t1)
}else{
valueAtTime(t)
}Dan
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