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  • Wiggle – smooth it’s choppiness?

    Posted by Nicolas Hansen on August 15, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    Howdy.
    Right now I have a particle emitting from a Null objects position.
    As of now I am using wiggle to move the null object to get some random movement, but instead of it being a smooth movement from one frame to another it “jumps” – making a series of straight lines, kind of like connect-the-dots. I know that is how wiggle works, and I could change this by increasing the framerate, but is there a way to make it smoother without adjusting the FPS?
    I hope you understand what I mean, this must be a common problem!

    Dan Ebberts replied 17 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Dan Ebberts

    August 15, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Do you have your particle emitter linked to the null’s positon with an expression? If so, you might try something like this for the emitter expression:

    thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).transform.position.smooth(1)

    Or, you could apply the wiggle to another null and use an expression like the one above for the null tied to your particle emitter.

    Dan

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