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x rotation delay
strt = 0; //start time of template motion end = 4.0; //end time of template motion t = thisComp.layer("template"); offset = (t.effect("offset")("Slider")/100)*(index -1); travel = linear(t.effect("travel")("Slider")/100,strt,end); u = t.toWorldVec([1,0,0],travel - offset); v = t.toWorldVec([0,1,0],travel - offset); w = t.toWorldVec([0,0,1],travel - offset); sinb = clamp(w[0],-1,1); b = Math.asin(sinb/thisComp.pixelAspect); cosb = Math.cos(b); if (Math.abs(cosb) > .0005){ c = -Math.atan2(v[0],u[0]); a = -Math.atan2(w[1],w[2]); }else{ a = Math.atan2(u[1],v[1]); c = 0; } [radiansToDegrees(a),radiansToDegrees(b),radiansToDegrees(c)]I have worked with delay expressions several times. The past couple of times I have been wanting to add a delay to the x rotation. I have looked at Dan Ebberts’s website and I found an expression that works with delaying the z rotation. https://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/follow-the-leader.html I have no idea if I should try to use the expression as a jumping point…if so I actually have no idea how to change it. I added Dan Ebberts’s expression, but you might want to visit the site in order to see how he was using it.
Thank you so much for your help,
Robby Trione
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You’re probably looking for something more like this:
delay = 5; //number of frames to delay
d = delay*thisComp.frameDuration*(index – 1);
thisComp.layer(1).transform.xRotation.valueAtTime(time – d)Dan
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Thanks, Dan. I actually tried that expression first. Every time I used that expression I got an error message:
After Effects warning: Class ‘Group’ has no property or method named ‘xRotation’ Expression disabled.
After you suggested to use it again…I tried the expression without a null layer and it worked fine. I then added a null and it stopped working. Then I moved the null from the top layer to the last layer and turned the expression back on and it worked. I guess the whole null thing is what got me so discouraged.
Thank you for your help,
Robby Trione
http://www.brainfarmproduction.com
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