[Milton Whitaker]

You can either right-click the layer or select the layer and go to the Layer menu at the top. Select transform > flip horizontal

[Milton Whitaker]

Actually I’ve seen that post but the problem is I’d like each letter to turn on then off before turning on a second time, as if I used hold keyframes for opacity from 0 to 100 then 0 to 100. I’m struggling with understanding how to adjust the expression below to:

1.) not fade, I’d like the opacity to be a hard toggle from 0 to 100
2.) flicker from 0 to 100 twice then remain at 100
3.) have each letter turn on at a more random pace

Is this possibe? Thanks so much in advance for your help!

delay = .5;
fadeTime = .1;

a = [];for(i = 0; i < textTotal; i++) a.push(i);
seedRandom(index,true);
for (i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
idx = i + Math.floor(random(a.length - i));
temp = a[i];
a[i] = a[idx];
a[idx] = temp;
}
myDelay = a[textIndex-1]*delay;
t1 = inPoint + myDelay;
t2 = t1 + fadeTime;
linear(time,t1,t2,100,0)


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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist

[Milton Whitaker]

Thanks, I’ll give it a try!

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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist

[Milton Whitaker]

No luck. The world transform nulls didn’t help. I just can’t understand why the Group Nulls aren’t matching the the positions of the 3D objects anymore….

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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist

[Milton Whitaker]

That makes a lot of sense! I’ll give it a try, thanks so much!!!

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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist

[Milton Whitaker]

The only 3rd party plugin used is Particular, which is precomped and turned off. Also nothing is locked. I also forgot to mention that I can’t select any keyframes directly by clicking, I have to drag select them. And even then, I can’t move them or make any modifications. I can however access all keyframe interpolation controls through the Animation menu but just not directly. On the other hand, when I add new layers to the comp I can adjust the keyframes however I want with no problems.

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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist

[Milton Whitaker]

Also, I should add that I tried creating a new comp and copying and pasting the layers into it, but when I select all of the layers i get an error saying:

After Effects can’t continue: an input contract violation has occurred

Thoughts?

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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist

[Milton Whitaker]

Indeed. I actually already rendered a 29.97 file with pulldown but when I imported it into Premiere to check it, I still found the repeating frames. Is that what should happen?

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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist

[Milton Whitaker]

I think I’ve figured out the culprit. When I disable Trapcode Form the problem goes away! The keyframes move normally and undo once again works. Very strange, very strange indeed. I’ll have to report this to Red Giant but I certainly appreciate your help!

Thanks

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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist

[Milton Whitaker]

Ok thank you for your response!

Well I must not be roving. The keyframes look normal and I’ve tried changing the interpolation on each, but to no avail. Also, the roving across time option is not selected. The reason I even mentioned roving was because usually the roving option in the interpolation menu is grayed out, but not in this case. I can’t seem to alter any keyframes on this one particular layer without simply deleting and creating new ones. I’m perplexed!

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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist