[Jerom Langeveld]

Thanks for the reply.

I’ve tried the Bend It tool, but I had issues parenting the ball to the top of the DNA. Do you know if there is a way I can parent or link the position of the ball to the top vertex of the Bend It line, so that it moves with it and wiggles when I add that effect to the DNA?

[Jerom Langeveld]

That’s actually a pretty good idea. No hassle required. Can also just do this with the DNA. Flow it in, then transition to the meshed one when it lands.

Thanks!

[Jerom Langeveld]

A little update in the time it took to have the post approved:

With a software engineer colleague who ‘knew a little bit about javascript’ we managed to set up an expression, based on a snippet of code we found on the web:

min_distance=0;
max_distance=100;
n=this_comp.layer(“Layer Name”);
d=length(to_world(anchor_point), n.to_world(n.anchor_point));
ease(d, min_distance, max_distance, 100, 0)

Now, this works great, but I am still a little bit confused as to why the “to_world” is necessary, and why we were seeing a strange distance offset when we tried using “position” instead of “anchor_point”.

Can someone explain why “anchor_point” works when “position” does not, and why “to_world” is necessary at all? I’d like to get familiar with expressions.

Thanks!