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Use Wiggle to blink characters in a line of text
Hi, I hope this question hasn’t already been answered before –
I have a long line of text in which I’d like each character to switch between 0 and 1. It’s a line of 10101010101 going across the screen, and I’d like to find a way for each number to randomly switch between 0 and 1.
Is there a way to do this without putting each number on a separate layer? I had hoped I could somehow use the Type Array plug-in combined with a Wiggle expression, but I’m not sure if it’s even possible – I’m stumped. I’m pretty new to Aftereffects so stuff like this still trips me up. Any guidance is so appreciated!
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4 Replies
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Make a text layer. Add this expression to the text property;
var numChars = 20;
var solution = '';
for(var i=0; i< numChars; i++){
solution+=Math.round(random())
}
solution
Andrei
My Envato portfolio. -
Cheers, Envato! That worked! Is it possible to vary the rate at which the characters switch between 1 and 0? It’s super fast…
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posterizeTime(2)
var numChars = 20;
var solution = '';
for(var i=0; i< numChars; i++){
solution+=Math.round(random())
}solution
The argument of the posterizeTime is how many times a second you want it to change.
Andrei
My Envato portfolio. -
That did the trick. Thank you so much!
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