[Mikhail Vasilev]

Dan, this is amazing! This is acxactly what i need
Where is your damn book about Ae.expressions? )
You have to write this book
Every your peace of code is very interesting to study

Im mostly graphic/motion designer and i would love to work on this book with you!
I Enjoy to mix math and art but im not that experienced as you, i mean in math
here is some of my stuff if you interested
https://www.behance.net/Mikhail1983

You know, this thick 300 pages book with a lot of divers examples, cool illustrations and animations/

[Mikhail Vasilev]

Thanks Dan,
tried it today

in your version it kind of speeds up the object rather than changing its “stay still time”
I also try to do it without any keyframes. Position will be driven by expression as well
your version is actually usable for me but not exactly what i need

here is an image of the Object position graph which will illustrate it better
i need this position graph to be generated with expressions only(no effects no keyframes)

[Mikhail Vasilev]

hmm…interesting..some alien stuff here )
Thanks Dan, will explore it today

[Mikhail Vasilev]

here is my best result so far
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start = 0;

end = 0;

j = 0;

endPos = 0;

tDur = thisComp.frameDuration ; // by one frame

//time generation!!!

while ( time >= end) // it sets new milestone for the time then time follow it and reach it, became larger and we have new ‘ end ‘ jump

{

j += 1;

seedRandom(j,true);

// start = end;

//end += Math.abs( Math.floor( random(tDur,tDur) ) ) // it sets time jumps\sectors

end += Math.abs( random(tDur*j*2,tDur*j*2) ) // it sets time jumps\sectors

endPos += Math.abs( Math.floor( random(2*j,2*j) ) ) ;// it sets pos +

}

—
it gives this kind of graph
but it does not depend on distance between objects

[Mikhail Vasilev]

also “const” declaration does not work for me
had to clear it

[Mikhail Vasilev]

thanks Max

it looks like it should work but it gives same jumpy motion i had before
something wrong with posterizeTime effect/expression command
it just does not work properly, that why i tried Den Ebberts random stuff to handle this jumpy thing. I even made some progress but my steps are random and not depend on distance between Obj. and Effector

here is an example with your expression
i tried both posterizeTime effect and expression
tried it in cs6 and cc2022
same jumpy thing…
any other ideas?
it should be something that stops expression for sometime(while we are on the plateau) than feed new new numbers(plateau length/hold time) to the function

[Mikhail Vasilev]

Move your Region to the left-top corner
Resize it as u need, you will find exact dimensions/size of it on the Info Panel(it will go from zero, which is convenient)
After size set Move it to the position u need, use its border to grab it to avoid shape/size destortion
Done!

[Mikhail Vasilev]

We have god os the Sun, God of the Earth, and God of the After Effects Expressions : )

[Mikhail Vasilev]

You’d saved me man! : )
Thansk a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mikhail Vasilev]

You’d saved me man! : )
Thansk a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!