[Dan Ebberts]

I just tried it and had no real luck with the background color. If I use a fill brush of the desired color, I can get a colored box around the text entry area, but that the closest I can get. Maybe somebody with more experience in this area will chime in…

[Dan Ebberts]

Does this do the same thing?

if (numKeys > 0)
  loopOut("continue")
else
  value

[Dan Ebberts]

I think you might just need to rearrange it a little to make the JavaScript engine happy:

nk=numKeys;
if ((nk>1) && (key(nk).time<time)) {
  startT=key(nk).time;
  deltaT=thisComp.frameDuration;
  deltaV=key(nk).value - valueAtTime(startT-deltaT);
  key(nk).value + deltaV*(time-startT)/deltaT;
}else
  value

[Dan Ebberts]

To start with, you might want to reduce the frequency parameter, maybe like this:

w = wiggle(5,30);
x = value[0];
y = w[1];
[x,y]

[Dan Ebberts]

It’s hard to picture what you’re describing. Can you maybe post some screenshots?

[Dan Ebberts]

Something more like this maybe:

moveMin = 0.5; // minimum move time (initial wind gust)
moveMax = 1; // maximum move time
moveBackMin = 1.5; // minimum move time to return to zero (slower than the initial gust)
moveBackMax = 2; // maximum move time to return to zero
pauseMin = 1; // minimum pause time
pauseMax = 2; // maximum pause time
minVal = 20; // minimum move amount <-
maxVal = 40; // maximum move amount ->
seedRandom(index,true);
initialDelay = random(pauseMin,pauseMax);
move = moveBack = val = 0;
seed = 1001;
t = tPrev = inPoint+initialDelay;
while (t <= time){
  seedRandom(seed,true);
  val = random(minVal,maxVal);
  move = random(moveMin,moveMax);
  moveBack = random(moveBackMin,moveBackMax);
  pause = random(pauseMin,pauseMax);
  tPrev = t;
  t += move+moveBack+pause;
  seed++;
}
d = time - tPrev;
if (d < move)
  ease(d,0,move,0,val)
else if (d < (move + moveBack))
  ease(d,move,move+moveBack,val,0)
else
0

[Dan Ebberts]

This might be helpful (the section on time remapping):

http://www.motionscript.com/articles/speed-control.html#other-applications

[Dan Ebberts]

To do that, I think you need to use the ScriptUIGraphics object to define a brush and apply it to the control’s background color. The Adobe JavaScript Tools Guide has some good info and examples. Search for “backgroundColor”.

[Dan Ebberts]

Try it this way:

t1 = key(1).time;
t2 = key(2).time;
t3 = key(3).time;
t4 = key(4).time;
v1 = key(1).value;
v2 = thisComp.layer("control").effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
v3 = thisComp.layer("control").effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
v4 = key(4).value;
if (time < t3)
  ease(time,t1,t2,v1,v2)
else
  ease(time,t3,t4,v3,v4)

[Dan Ebberts]

So, for the linear keyframe case it could look like this:

t1 = key(1).time;
t2 = key(2).time;
v1 = key(1).value;
v2 = thisComp.layer("Null 1").effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
linear(time,t1,t2,v1,v2)

Or, you might want to change the last line to this:

easeOut(time,t1,t2,v1,v2)

Hopefully, that gives you the idea.