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|  | Retrieving values from 'source text'by Ed Nudnick 2 days agoHi folks. I'm trying to set up an expression to automatically change the colors of words in a text layer while leaving the punctuation symbols black. So far, in the set up, I have 3 layers (I may simp | Re: Retrieving values from 'source text'
by Dan Ebberts 1 day ago
Try this: s = text.sourceText.replace( r g,""); c = s textIndex-1 ; if ( ^w+$ i.test(c)) 0 else 100 Note there should be a backslash between the and the r in the first line and another between the ^ a
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|  | Could not find camera at current time.by bart stevens 4 days agoI get an error message that has me a little puzzled. This error just pops up in a dialogue box. Not consistently, but intermittently: Could not find camera at current time. Choose Layer New Camera to | |
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|  | have I been a bad boy ?by Bob Zelin 7 months agoMy last two posts (without hysteria) are being "moderated". Did I do something wrong Bob Zelin | Re: have I been a bad boy ?
by Dan Ebberts 7 months ago
Well that probably explains why I'm also not getting notification of new threads any more. So the comcast server must think you guys are spammers. I don't know what to do about that. Dan
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|  | Creating my own plug-ins?by Spencer Tweed 12 months agoI find myself almost always using the same few plug-ins at the end of every composite in After Effects, adding grain, lens distortion, lens bloom, vignette, chromatic aberration, etc. And while I have | Re: Creating my own plug-ins?
by Dan Ebberts 11 months ago
That may be a problem if you don't have Visual Studio so you can see how they set up the compile parameters of the example projects. I always just start with a project that works and edit the project
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|  | Tutorial: Swinging A Realistic Chainby Trent Armstrong 6 years ago Adobe After Effects Expressions Swinging A Realistic Chain Creative COW member Trent Armstrong shows you expression features that apply all the way from After Effects 5 to today. He combines his expe | Swinging A Realistic Chain
by Dan Ebberts 5 years ago
I'm not sure how you would go about it. It seems like each link would essentially need two anchor points (one at each end) and the math would be tricky. Not sure you can get there from here. Nice idea
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|  | Loop-based animationby Ryan Hill 8 years agoI don't have a lot of animation experience, but I've done a lot of video game physics. What this means is that I'm used to applying physics in terms of: NewX = PrevFrameX + VelocityX There's lots of t | Re: Loop-based animation
by Dan Ebberts 8 years ago
I wouldn't spend any time learning Motion Math because it's been removed from AE in newer versions. Anything that you would absolutely need Motion Math for you can do with a combination of expressions
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| | Tutorial: noise()by Dan Ebberts 9 years ago Adobe After Effects noise() The After Effects expression language has a seldom-used random number generator that is really quite a gem. Dan Ebberts says "seldom-used" because he doesn't bel | |
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