Ah interesting! Well that is working great as well. Thanks again for your invaluable assistance.

Dan, I always enjoy breaking down your solutions because I learn something new every time. What I’d like to do here that I can’t seem to figure is to make this movement loop. I’m thinking that it would be modifying the tStart variable so that, instead if being set to inPoint, it would instead be reset at certain time increments. I’m just not sure…

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Woah it’s been a while since I’ve posted a question in here. Are these coins a way of paying folks who volunteer solutions?

Somehow I knew you’d have a solution to this one Dan. Works a charm! Many thanks!

Sorry if this has been asked before in some form but I can’t find an answer. I’m looking to dynamically determine and set variables for the beginning and end position of an object, and then use an expression to move that object at a rate I determine. So p1=[x1,y1], and p2=[x2,y2] and then I would like to move the object in a line between those two…

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The files in this case are actually SWF files exported from Animate. And given how weird Animate can be, I suspect this might be part of the problem.

I am working on a project with a lot of assets that are being swapped with newer versions. However, in the project panel the assets are retaining their original file names. So, for example, I have updated “file_v01.tif’ with “file_v02.tif” but the project panel still says v01. I have this issue across hundreds of assets. Is there any way to easily…

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Yep, that was the ticket. Didn’t know there was an expression for pixel aspect. Thank you Dan!

Hello all. I’m teaching myself how to use the createPath expression. As my first test I’m trying to create an X that auto conforms to the size of the comp. It wasn’t that hard, with two shape paths using a script. The first shape script looks like this, and the second path uses the opposite corners:

w = thisComp.width;
h =…

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Ah that makes sense. Thanks Dan.

I have been messing around with Dan Ebbert’s frequency expression to create an oscillating position for objects. I set up the expression so X and Y had independent frequencies. It works great if I pull my ‘freq’ variables from sliders. But in an effort to consolidate controllers, I tried to replace the two X and Y frequency sliders with a Point…

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Thanks Dan. That was pretty much my determination too, but I’m not an expert at expressions.

Hi, I’m looking for an opinion or some help please. I have created a preset for the Bezier Warp effect that includes controllers and expressions to give the effect mirrored or parallel symmetry. The symmetry can be selected independently on the Horizontal and/or Vertical axis. If symmetry is enabled, it will take coordinates starting from the top… Read more

Ugh, ok. Thanks for the reply. This is gonna mess me up.

I have Particular set up with a Light Emitter, and have the particle Set Color->From Light Emitter, but it’s not taking the light’s color. All the other color options work as expected. But I really need this to take the light’s color. What am I doing wrong?

So I am importing a bunch of paths from Illustrator, and I want to
employ the Trace Path script to attach a nulls to the paths. However,
all the paths are coming in with unique path positions, and the Trace
Path expression assumes each path is at 0,0 (This is for the path
transform, not the layer transform). I am looking for a script that… Read more