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  • Wiggle Expression Dart

    Posted by Joel Knoop on April 22, 2009 at 11:08 pm

    Hi guys.

    I am trying to move a 2d person into frame. When they arrive at the final position, I am looking to have them wiggle on the anchor point which is placed near the feet, effectively making them wiggle like an arrow or dart on target.

    I would like to make this happen with a slider, and angle controls to adjust speed.

    I have tried it, but cant quite get what i am looking for. any suggestions?

    Thanks.

    JK

    Ben Rollason replied 17 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Ben Rollason

    April 22, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    Create an expression slider, call it “wiggle amount”, then paste this into the rotation property…

    transform.rotation + noise(time*30)*effect(“wiggle amount”)(“Slider”);

    or this might also do the trick…

    transform.rotation + random(effect(“wiggle amount”)(“Slider”)) – effect(“wiggle amount”)(“Slider”)/2;

    or even..

    transform.rotation + Math.sin(time*80)*effect(“wiggle amount”)(“Slider”);

    it depends on the effect you want. For the dart effect, make sure you move the layer’s anchor point right down to the end that hits the ‘board’.

    Hope that helps.

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