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With the amount of layers I have that sounds like it might become taxing to go back to every frame. I want to have a null that moves over layers revealing them. When it gets close, I'd like the opacity to increase and then as it leaves I'd like to have a defined falloff on the opacity instead of distance. I guess I could bake the keyframes and extend out the back of the animation. But where's the fun in keyframes? ;)
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Dan Ebberts <debberts@comcast.net> wrote:
If there isn’t a direct relationship between distance and opacity, you’re
going to need a more complex expression. For example, you may want to trigger a
fade in when you get within a certain distance and trigger a fade out (at a
different rate) when it moves a certain distance away. In that type of
expression, you have to loop back in time, frame-by-frame, to find the most
recent triggering event. It’s hard to say exactly what you need without more
detail though.
Dan
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 7:42 AM
Subject: [AE] Expressions: Decay after trigger
I
am writing an expression to bring the opacity of a layer up when it another
layer comes close to it. I'd like to have it decay at a different rate than it
builds. Here's what I have going on:
o = transform.opacity;
s =
thisComp.layer("center").transform.scale[0]/100; //use the scale to affect the
radius of influence of the null
l = length(transform.position,
thisComp.layer("center").transform.position);
lprev =
length(transform.position.valueAtTime(time-thisComp.frameDuration),
thisComp.layer("center").transform.position.valueAtTime(time-thisComp.frameDuration));
if(lprev > l){
l = lprev;
}
o - (l/s);
My attempt to look at the previous frame doesn't seem to be working.
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