[Dan Ebberts]

This assumes that your keyframed action occurs starting at time = 0. The animation will trigger at each marker:

n = 0;
if (marker.numKeys > 0){
  n = marker.nearestKey(time).index;
    if (marker.key(n).time > time){
      n--;
    }
}

if (n > 0) t = time - marker.key(n).time else t =0;

valueAtTime(t);

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Try putting the index last, like this:

[thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).position.valueAtTime(time-1)[0],thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).position.valueAtTime(time-2)[1],thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).position.valueAtTime(time-3)[2]]

I didn’t try it, but I think that’s right.

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Try putting the index last, like this:

[thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).position.valueAtTime(time-1)[0],thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).position.valueAtTime(time-2)[1],thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).position.valueAtTime(time-3)[2]]

I didn’t try it, but I think that’s right.

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Try this:

gap = 10;
myIdx = Math.floor(index/2);
myGap = myIdx*gap;
leaderZ = thisComp.layer(1).position[2];
delta = position[2] – leaderZ;
if (delta > myGap){
[value[0],value[1],leaderZ + myGap]
}else{
value;
}

It assumes that the center layer is Layer 1, the layers on each side of that are Layer 2 and Layer 3 and so on.

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Try this:

gap = 10;
myIdx = Math.floor(index/2);
myGap = myIdx*gap;
leaderZ = thisComp.layer(1).position[2];
delta = position[2] – leaderZ;
if (delta > myGap){
[value[0],value[1],leaderZ + myGap]
}else{
value;
}

It assumes that the center layer is Layer 1, the layers on each side of that are Layer 2 and Layer 3 and so on.

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Once the middle can gets ahead of the second can by 10, does the second can retain its relative distance of 10 from the middle can?

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Once the middle can gets ahead of the second can by 10, does the second can retain its relative distance of 10 from the middle can?

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Nope, sorry.

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Nope, sorry.

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

It would be a bit of work, but you could do it with a script. If it were me, I’d have the script build a separate comp for each location in the grid and randomly populate the sequence.

Dan