[Sebastien Bruzzo]

One more question about this example, if you’d allow me :
in case the “other layer” is parented to another one, how would that change the expression ?

Thanks 😉

[Sebastien Bruzzo]

Thank you very much ! 😄

[Sebastien Bruzzo]

Hello Dan,

While trying these two variations of expressions, I encountered the following error message: “Invalid token” on the line with the variable <code inline=””>hisRight=….
Could this be due to changes made to the code since then?

PS : And a huge thank you for your work and your contributions to the After Effects community. It’s been so many years now that I’ve been learning thanks to you.

[Sebastien Bruzzo]

Oh ! Thanks Dan 😅

[Sebastien Bruzzo]

Thank you so much Dan ! It’s perfect.

Just one more detail, is there a way to invert the result ?

The current result shows flashing letters from 0% opacity text, and I would like the text to be 100% visible and some letters to go out. Thanks !

[Sebastien Bruzzo]

Works like a charm !

Dan’s magic again 🙂

Thank you so much !

[Sebastien Bruzzo]

Hey hello Dan, and thank you so much for your swift answer ! 😉

I just tried and it seems it works on the global color of the text layer, but it’s not changing the words color randomly.

Here’s a screen capture of the different expressions I’ve found on several websites.

Many thanks !

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[Sebastien Bruzzo]

UP, if anyone could help. I haven’t found any clue yet.

Thanks

[Sebastien Bruzzo]

Anyone could give me a clue about this problem please ?

I can answer any question if my explanation was not clear ☺

Thanks !

[Sebastien Bruzzo]

And I’ve found a few minutes ago this expression that almost perfectly does what I want :

//On the time remap property
L = thisLayer;
t = time;
animLength = 10;
animLength *= thisComp.frameDuration;
LDur = L.outPoint-L.inPoint;
MidDur = LDur - animLength*2;
if( t>=L.inPoint && t<= L.inPoint+animLength) {t-L.inPoint}
else if( t>L.inPoint+animLength && t<L.outPoint-animLength) {animLength + (t-L.inPoint+animLength)/MidDur)*(L.source.duration-animLength*2)}
else if(t>=L.outPoint-animLength && t<=L.outPoint) {t-(L.outPoint-animLength)}
else 0;

It plays the first 10 frames of the animation at the layer’s inpoint, then stretches the in-between frames, and plays the last part of the animation 10 frames before the layer’s outpoint.

I can use this expression, but I would like to know if it could be improved in order to freeze the animation in the middle.

Thanks !