Creative COW | Tim Garber | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/timgarber2/activity/ Activity feed for Tim Garber. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:26:23 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 835313254a6b3fa48050c5e03379a227 Tim Garber replied to the discussion Countdown clock expression error in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/countdown-clock-expression-error/#post-2477591 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:08:59 +0000 Reply to Countdown clock expression error

That gets me everytime I jump on a new machine.

]]> 1ad65ef109084d0d1db298af435de404 Tim Garber replied to the discussion expression to make objects spread away in z-space in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/expression-to-make-objects-spread-away-in-z-space/#post-2415240 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 22:42:13 +0000 Reply to expression to make objects spread away in z-space

This is how I think it should look but it doesn’t work. By the time I get to layer 21, it’s in another galaxy.

z=thisComp.layer(index+1).transform.position[2]*10;
[1920,1080,[z]];

]]> 960d6b3b679f04cded4e2e51c10da6ca Tim Garber started the discussion expression to make objects spread away in z-space in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/expression-to-make-objects-spread-away-in-z-space/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 22:24:55 +0000 expression to make objects spread away in z-space

So I have 21 layers that need to move away from each other proportionately in z-space. They all start off the same size so setting them up on different planes and using the camera doesn’t work. I can move each layer but ideally what I’d like to do is move one layer and have them all move proportionately away from each other.

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]]> 922346423300c7fb2474d5a1913cab83 Tim Garber replied to the discussion Technique for Animated Number Countdown with Commas in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/technique-for-animated-number-countdown-with-comma/page/3/#post-2401447 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:16:14 +0000 Reply to Technique for Animated Number Countdown with Commas

Curious. This looks like it should work but I am getting syntax errors of a few different lines.

The first line, but I discovered if I re-pickwhip the Slider control the value doesn’t change but the syntax is solved,

More complicated for me since I don’t code, is line 7. Just a syntax with no explanation.

I’m using the most current version, 17.5.1

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