[Brad Pickford]

Found solution….

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/227/31899

[Brad Pickford]

As always, PERFECT! Thanks so much Dan!

[Brad Pickford]

Thanks Dan. I did look at that earlier but glazed over. I have created a workaround that is working. I am trying to create a delay in a secondary layer to offset its position value, but can’t get it to work. Would you have any suggestions? I need to offset the value of “d” by 2 frames.

Cheers,
Brad

freq = thisComp.layer("controller").effect("sine value")("Slider");
amp = thisComp.layer("controller").effect("max position height value")("Slider");
n = freq.numKeys;
if (n > 0 && freq.key(1).time < time){
accum = freq.key(1).value*(freq.key(1).time - inPoint);
for (i = 2; i <= n; i++){
if (freq.key(i).time > time) break;
k1 = freq.key(i-1);
k2 = freq.key(i);
accum += (k1.value + k2.value)*(k2.time - k1.time)/2;
}
accum += (freq.value + freq.key(i-1).value)*(time - freq.key(i-1).time)/2;
}else{
accum = freq.value*(time - inPoint);
}
d = value[1] + amp*Math.sin(accum*Math.PI*2);

[value[0], d]

[Brad Pickford]

Awesome, works well! Thanks again Dan for all your help!

[Brad Pickford]

Hi Dan, I have attached a project file that should explain better what I am trying to achieve. Basically The red null is the controller for a characters hand. The Object A is the rotation of the characters hand. I am trying to create animation controls that are all located in the comp window. So when you drag object A in the up and down “Y” position you will see that the layer as it rotates around moves out of orbit and ends up about 100 pixels or more to the bottom of where it started. Basically I want the layer to follow around the red nul in a perfect circle and when it comes back on itself at 360 degrees it will be in the same position as it started. Do you think it will be possible?

Cheers

4837_gui.aep.zip

[Brad Pickford]

Hi Dan, thanks for your reply. I have tried your idea. I applied the code to the “Object A” position, but I am still having the same issue of when I drag object along it moves in a decreasing or ascending spiral and doesn’t keep a constant distance radius from the offset Null. I don’t think that I mentioned that “object A” is parented to the Null, would this be causing the issue?

[Brad Pickford]

Sorry Dan, haven’t uploaded images before, hope this works,
Cheers

[Brad Pickford]

Thanks so much for your reply Kevin. It was great to see how to get a variable out of an if statement. To make it work for my situation I just changed it to the following….

n = thisComp.layer(“Controllers”).effect(“Body Turn”)(“Slider”);
if (n >= 0) j = 1 else j = -1;
m= n*j;
[value [0]+m, value[1]]

Works perfectly, Thanks Kevin!

[Brad Pickford]

As always Dan, Spot on. Thanks a million!

[Brad Pickford]

Thanks Dan, will do that