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Temporal and Spatial Phase (revolutions + degrees)
in time (temporal) or per character (spatial).
Scales the wiggled selection's dimensions by the same value. This is useful when wiggling the Scale
Lock Dimensions
property.
Changes the starting time for the animation by a specified value. When the seed is left at zero, a
Random Seed
default value is derived based on the layer index and stream path.
Expression selector properties
Expand the Expression Selector property group and the Amount property group to reveal the expression field in the
Timeline panel. By default, the Amount property begins with the expression
.
textIndex/textTotal
Expression selectors allow you to express the selector values for each character. The expression is evaluated once per
character. Each time it is evaluated, the input parameter
Apply the Text Bounce or Inch Worm animation preset to a text layer to see how expression selectors can be used. To
see all expressions on a layer, select the layer and press EE.
In addition to the expression elements you use elsewhere, you can use the following attributes to animate selections
in any number of interesting ways:
Returns the index of the character, word, or line.
textIndex
Returns the total number of characters, words, or lines.
textTotal
Returns the value of the previous selector. Think of this as the input from the selector above the
selectorValue
expression selector in the stacking order.
Note: The attributes
textIndex
them elsewhere results in a syntax error.
Fill color changes randomly using an expression animator.
The variation of wiggle, based on the phase of your animation
textIndex
, , and
textTotal selectorValue
selectorValue *
is updated to match the index of the character.
can be used only with the expression selector. Using
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