simple position and time offset not so simple
Posted: April 4th, 2006, 5:03 pm
hello,
new to expressions and i am trying to animate the position of a bunch of solid layers. i have my first solid and i set 2 keyframes for the position. i added an expression to my next solid layer and linked it to the position of my first solid and adding a transform of +300. this works fine but i would like to add an offset for the time so that the move happens 5 frames later.
every time i try to add a value for the time i get an error and it wont work.
here is my expression so far
thisComp.layer("Deep Red Solid 2").transform.position +300.
what do i need to do to make this happne 5 frames later? secondly if i add this same expression to the layer following that will the time and position of solid layer 3 be offset from solid layer 2 as long as i specify that layer in the ("layer") variable?
thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.
new to expressions and i am trying to animate the position of a bunch of solid layers. i have my first solid and i set 2 keyframes for the position. i added an expression to my next solid layer and linked it to the position of my first solid and adding a transform of +300. this works fine but i would like to add an offset for the time so that the move happens 5 frames later.
every time i try to add a value for the time i get an error and it wont work.
here is my expression so far
thisComp.layer("Deep Red Solid 2").transform.position +300.
what do i need to do to make this happne 5 frames later? secondly if i add this same expression to the layer following that will the time and position of solid layer 3 be offset from solid layer 2 as long as i specify that layer in the ("layer") variable?
thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.