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I forgot – layers can be offset using their index. So assuming your red solid is layer 1 (the topmost), all other layers can be offset using this:

thisComp.layer(1).position.valueAtTime(time + framesToTime(5)*(index-1)

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[Brian Charles] ”
Use thisComp.layer(“Deep Red Solid 2″).position.valueAtTime(time +5)”

No, that’s wrong. This would offset the time by 5 seconds (since AE calculates based on time not on frames) and not 5 frames

thisComp.layer(“Deep Red Solid 2″).position.valueAtTime(time + framesToTime(5))”

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Use thisComp.layer(“Deep Red Solid 2″).position.valueAtTime(time +5)”

No, that’s wrong. This would offset the time by 5 seconds (since AE calculates based on time not on frames) and not 5 frames

thisComp.layer(“Deep Red Solid 2″).position.valueAtTime(time + framesToTime(5))”

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Yeah, while it works perfectly, it’s way to complicated for someone who’s just started to begin using expressions. Not meaning to be negative, but there is no point in showing off your programming skills if the guy on the other end doesn’t understand a thing and is unable to modify your stuff easily (Can you be sure he even understands the concept of ASCII/ Unicode char codes? Can you be sure he even understands the concept of functions, methods and variables?). You know, people don’t learn anything from just copying pre-made code they don’t see thru… In addition to that my concept can easily be expanded to include other letters or even entire words, which might be what he needs at some later point.

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Yeah, while it works perfectly, it’s way to complicated for someone who’s just started to begin using expressions. Not meaning to be negative, but there is no point in showing off your programming skills if the guy on the other end doesn’t understand a thing and is unable to modify your stuff easily (Can you be sure he even understands the concept of ASCII/ Unicode char codes? Can you be sure he even understands the concept of functions, methods and variables?). You know, people don’t learn anything from just copying pre-made code they don’t see thru… In addition to that my concept can easily be expanded to include other letters or even entire words, which might be what he needs at some later point.

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Yeah, sorry, my mistake. Just like position and scale, velocity is an array property with two separate components. Anyway, I think you’re just interested in the absolute speed, so thisComp.layer(“PARTICLE”).speed should work. You can attach this value directly to the text layer using concatenation, eleminating the need for the numbers effect:

“VELOCITY” + thisComp.layer(“PARTICLE”).speed

You may wanna use rounding, though, otherwise your text layer can get very long. So it could be

“VELOCITY” + Math.round(thisComp.layer(“PARTICLE”).speed)

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Yeah, sorry, my mistake. Just like position and scale, velocity is an array property with two separate components. Anyway, I think you’re just interested in the absolute speed, so thisComp.layer(“PARTICLE”).speed should work. You can attach this value directly to the text layer using concatenation, eleminating the need for the numbers effect:

“VELOCITY” + thisComp.layer(“PARTICLE”).speed

You may wanna use rounding, though, otherwise your text layer can get very long. So it could be

“VELOCITY” + Math.round(thisComp.layer(“PARTICLE”).speed)

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Fortunately AE already does this for you.

thisLayer.velocity

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Fortunately AE already does this for you.

thisLayer.velocity

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You could try using the fromCharCode() or a custom array, the latter perhaps being more practical. Try this:

my_alphabet=[“a”,”b”,”c”,…,”z”] //insert the complete alphahabet

my_random_a = Math.round(random(0,23)); //arrays start with zero
my_letter_a = my_alphabet[my_random_a]; //get the random letter from the alphabet

//create the same setup for all 5 letters

[my_letter_a + my_letter_b + my_letter_c + my_letter_d + my_letter_e] //print the result string

This should give you something usable if you apply it to the source text.

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