[Ryan Hill]

Averaging the key frames makes it feel unresponsive. I think it’s best if it responds quickly to increases in volume and more slowly to decreases, while averaging treats both equally.

Here’s an expression I used to create a drop-off effect:

samples = 10;
framerate = 29.97;
droprate = 1/samples;

audioamp=thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”);

dropoffed=audioamp;
for (counter=1;counter

[Ryan Hill]

Averaging the key frames makes it feel unresponsive. I think it’s best if it responds quickly to increases in volume and more slowly to decreases, while averaging treats both equally.

Here’s an expression I used to create a drop-off effect:

samples = 10;
framerate = 29.97;
droprate = 1/samples;

audioamp=thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”);

dropoffed=audioamp;
for (counter=1;counter

[Ryan Hill]

What is there left to say? Except maybe your last line could be

[thisx, thisLayer.position[1]]

And then you can control your Y value normally instead of coding it.

[Ryan Hill]

What is there left to say? Except maybe your last line could be

[thisx, thisLayer.position[1]]

And then you can control your Y value normally instead of coding it.

[Ryan Hill]

The tricky part is matching the movement of the virtual camera with the movement of the real camera. Make note of the focal length of your camera when you shoot, and make your camera in AE match that. Track something in your footage as a reference to figure out the camera’s motion. In this clip, there is a checkerboard pattern on the floor in the back, which would be a pretty good thing to use, since you know they are all square.

[Ryan Hill]

All right. Turbulent displace seems to be where it’s at.

[Ryan Hill]

Have you considered stop motion?

[Ryan Hill]

I want the picture to distort slightly while I’m at it. I tried displacement map but it doesn’t work. Anyone know what does work?

[Ryan Hill]

I managed to get it to work with Card Dance with a single card.

[Ryan Hill]

Did you try playing around with the “parameter” values?

conserveMotion = 0.95; // valid range: 0.5 to 0.995
springResistance = 10; // positive values