Christopher Hesse
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AE Expressions Coins
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COW Coins
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Thank you very much!
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This is the final code I came up with, added by some help from ChatGPT.
startKeyframe = 4;
endKeyframe = 6;
rangeDurationOut = key(endKeyframe).time – key(startKeyframe).time;
if (time < key(startKeyframe).time) {
// Play through keyframes from keyframe(1) until startKeyframe
t = linear(time, inPoint, key(startKeyframe).time, key(1).time, key(startKeyframe).time);
} else if (time < key(startKeyframe).time + rangeDurationOut) {
// Pause at startKeyframe until rangeDurationOut is reached
t = key(startKeyframe).time;
} else {
// Continue playing from startKeyframe until endKeyframe
t = linear(time, outPoint – rangeDurationOut, outPoint, key(startKeyframe).time, key(endKeyframe).time);
}
valueAtTime(t);
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Awesome, that worked! Well, sort of, because the expression ignores all keyframes that come before the specified keframes, but that is, because again, I did not specify my question particularly well. So what I need is for all keyframes before the specified keyframes to be played normally. But I do have an idea on how to achieve this :).
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Let me try to clarify what I mean 🙂
What I want is for AE to play through a number of keyframes defined by a starting and ending keyframe, but timeshifted to the outpoint of the layer. E. g. if I have 6 keyframes on a layer, from 0 secs to 5 secs, I’d like to play keyframes 4 to 6, but at the outpoint of the layer minus the time necessary to play through these keyframes.
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At last, I did solve it myself and I realized that there were some errors in the original code I posted here, since I translated the “control for points” effect from german to english. I used point controls to circumvent the slider problem of going higher than 1 million and also to keep the effect controls to a minimum.
Anyhow, here’s the final code:beginVal = effect(“Point Control”)(“Point”)[0];
endVal = effect(“Point Control”)(“Point”)[1];
startT = effect(“Point Control 2“)(“Point”)[0];
endT = effect(“Point Control 2”)(“Point”)[1];
decs = effect(“Slider Control”)(“slider”);t = ease(time,startT,endT,beginVal,endVal).toLocaleString(“de-DE” , {minimumFractionDigits: decs, maximumFractionDigits: decs});
the “de-DE” stands for german formatting of numbers, but you can change that to whatever formatting you need. I’ve appended a link to stackoverflow.com where the most common ones are listed.
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3191664/list-of-all-locales-and-their-short-codes -
Yeah, I figured out as much. Time Blend set to 100 % acts like sort of a permanent Echo. Still – insanely cool :).
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Dude, your project feels like trying to read hieroglyphs without the rosetta stone to me :D. All I can glimpse is that it’s awesome! But this thing works without any plugin like Pastiche, correct?
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Yeah, that’s pretty much what I’m trying to accomplish. I’ve already found a way, but I’d like to see if your way is better, if you’d like to share 🙂
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Uh – interesting! I’ve never heard of Pastiche before, but that’s a spot on recommendation! Thanks a lot!
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Sorry for my late reply! I think I can clear things up, once again, by providing you with a screenshot 🙂 .
