Expression stops after if...else...statement Hi, I am new to expressions and am trying to teach myself from the internet and books. I have set myself a challenge to emulate a horizontal "ticker" line starting from right to left across the screen. When the... 
Using valueAtTime syntax problem? Hi guys I want to follow position of current layer "cardio.ai" but with a delay. This code currently works: tempX = transform.position[0]; tempY = thisComp.layer("cardio.ai").transform.position[1]... 
velocityAtTime returning incorrect non-zero value (possible bug) Hi, I've written an expression that uses velocityAtTime to check if a layer is moving. I have removed all the animation and the script seems to be randomly returning values above zero for the velocity on some frames e... 
Creating a number counter that counts in increments of .05 in After Effects. I need to create a number counter that counts in increments of .05 in After Effects. Any advice on how to do this? Many thanks! 
color corrupt now on all Adobe after effects video after editing one video I was working on a video the title was purple and green and after editing using this theme all of my videos that I have edited in After Effects are all colored green and purple. I don't know how or why but it is not m... 
AE CS6: Render glitches with timeremap expressions Version: 11.0 OS: Mac 10.7.4 Source Footage: .ai files Problem: First of all, we've been using this method for character animation since AE 7.0. We have had minor glitches here... 
What benefit should I get from "// cacheCompareSamplesPerSecond 0"? Background for anyone reading this: http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2014/04/new-changed-after-effects-cc-2014.html I think I must have misunderstood what this statement does for an expression. I was hoping "... 
Scale over time expression I'm trying to have an element scale up and do so through an expression: startScale = 100; endScale = 300; scaleUpTime = 5; s = ease(time, inPoint, inPoint + scaleUpTime, startScale, endScale); [s,s]... 
How do I script a certain layer to rotate slightly based on movement? Hi guys, So I'm trying to script partial rotation of a vector (a plane) so that as its moving either up or down it rotates slightly (by about + or - 30 degrees) and once it has reached it desired position it goes bac... 
Random motion from a certain position to random position Hello, i saw lot of random motion expressions but they were looped, and starting, finishing positions were random, I need help with making an expression that will allow me to make a certain starting position and then ... 
Using sourcetext from another layer as an array - blowing up expression Hey all, I am doing something that I assumed would be a quick and easy, and it is turning into quite a headache. Here is what I am trying... (The following works btw) stuff = thisComp.layer("textSource").text.... 
Set inPoint with expression? Hi, Is there some way to set the in and out points of a layer in an expression? thisLayer.inPoint seems to be read-only... Thanks, S 
Linking expressions to central Controller I'm trying to link up my expressions to one central Controller layer so that that one expression is shared across all objects in my project which require it. I have "// Controller" composition with "Expression_Source... How to control only the WIDTH of a rectangle with slider control using expression I have a simple rectangle shape layer that I want to control (only the width) with slider control using expression. How do I do that? Thanks in advance. 
Trapcode Particular sprite layer changing after emitting Hello, I've linked the sprite layer of Trapcode Particular to a comp, and I was planning on putting some expression on a layer there that emits a random number (between a fixed set), so I can place all my diff... 
Layer Source Text linking to external text. (no code in doc!) I've seen linking to text documents with code snippets in it. So that means the external text document must contain bits of scripting. I would like to link to txt documents (or csv) that do not contain code. ... 
trapezoidal wave in AE trying to figure out an expression for a trapezoidal wave function in AE. I have not found any forms that discussed this wave formation. I am pretty new to AE's expressions. 
Number Counting Expression with $ - Understanding how to set stop points Hello, I'm using an expression I found on: Dan Ebberts's Expressioneering Design Guide which has saved me quiet a bit of frustration since I needed to have a comma and a custom character at the end of my counting numb... 
Basic Offset Expression I pick-whipped the position of a particle to the position of an object. (Particle Playground) Everything works but i need to offset this position -300px x 170px. Is there something i can add to this expresion... 
Wiggle expression - slider control Hi all I had a solve for this from Dan Ebberts but I seem to have lost that content in the Jive update. I want to use a slider control for a wiggle, but when I have my basic wiggle expression applied to positi... 
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