After Effects Expressions 201 - Wiggle Expression

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[@Animoplex]

No, don't cry! :D

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[@Animoplex]

Thanks for the compliment, the fact that you noticed is greatly appreciated :)

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THE best tutorial on Wiggle expression I have some across and man, what a delight to watch too

[@Animoplex]

Thank you, glad it was a delight!

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[@Animoplex]

Thank you for the kind words!

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[@Animoplex]

Thanks Alex!

[@adrianfels2985]

One of the best tutorials I've ever seen!

[@Animoplex]

Awesome, glad to hear it!

[@lopsangdlama]

the best tutorial I have found on wiggle expression online.

[@Animoplex]

Glad it was useful to you!

[@orelhassid5812]

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[@Animoplex]

Thank you for the kind words, it means a lot!

[@MarkShawMedia]

Love the music in the background and how you time it to the transitions in the video. Excellent video. One of the best I've seen.

[@Animoplex]

Thanks for the kind words! There's been mixed feedback on the music, some say they would rather have their own music play which is completely reasonable. For the next course, it will most likely be voice only with a short music intro and outro.

[@MarkShawMedia]

@@Animoplex I like the music personally. Maybe some would like it better if it were very very low volume while you speak.

[@Animoplex]

Good to know! If only KZbin had a way to add multiple audio tracks that viewers could toggle on and off.

[@MarkShawMedia]

@@Animoplex Good idea. Maybe they will if enough people request it. Pass it on.

[@yooyeshin9720]

Hey there! You're awesome by making series of AE expression tutorial for free! It's really helpful for beginners like me. The animation is well-designed and the instruction is clear and easy to follow. You're not only teaching the formula but explained the meaning behind it in detailed, so we can edit the value based on different situation.

[@Animoplex]

So glad you enjoyed it and found value in the teaching methods. It's always a challenge to teach a topic in depth without diving in too deep and losing folks who are new to the concepts. What was your favorite part of the course?

[@RogerBurgin]

Fantastic tutorial. Very clear and well presented. Thank you.

[@Animoplex]

Great to hear, thank you!

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[@Animoplex]

Thanks so much for the kind words, Ukramedia has some great tutorials. Glad you found them useful!

[@evaristphi]

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[@gaiagiomusic]

I've seen this video some 4 times already, thanks!!!

[@Animoplex]

4 times? You must be sick of the voiceover by now! You're most welcome :)

[@Hudge]

Oh my gosh man! This tutorial is awesome! I love your visual aids that supplement what you're teaching. Well done and thanks for helping me with these expressions!

[@Animoplex]

Hey, thanks so much for the compliments and feedback on the course. Glad it's helpful for you, any questions just ask!

[@NKFEisVlog]

You helped me, to train my Animationskills in After Effect, really a lot. Thank you and keep going :D.

[@ayaelassy1619]

Perfect tutorial ...this is my first time I know that I can wiggle the camera thank you very much Go ahead

[@Animoplex]

It's super useful, isn't it? It adds a really nice subtle movement to the camera. If you have any more questions, send them along!

[@ayaelassy1619]

I'm glad there are people who help others like you

[@Animoplex]

Glad to be of help :)

[@ericpasquelot5451]

Killer tips, awesome editing ! The "steadicam wiggle effect" works way better than the actual "Window/wiggle" effect, and it's free of keyframes. Thanks a lot !

[@Animoplex]

So glad you like the steadicam wiggle effect. The latest lesson should be useful to you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGWkcp6KZ72on9E

[@ericasimoes8434]

You are amazing! Thank you so much for this tutorial. It is so easy to follow and well explained!

[@Animoplex]

You're welcome, glad it's easy to follow!

[@gabimarciano5163]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Your tutorial is beatiful and very useful.

[@Animoplex]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@oussamanouasri9813]

Bro this should be the only video on KZbin with no dislikes

[@Animoplex]

Maybe some people just don't like to wiggle.

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[@Animoplex]

Thanks, glad you're able to learn something from these!

[@xinyueyang1962]

great explanation great tutorial.........thanks very much for the work

[@Animoplex]

You're welcome!

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[@Animoplex]

Much appreciated, more coming very soon! :)

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[@Animoplex]

Wow, thanks for sharing that! Nothing like social media posts to put the pressure on and finish this course! :) If you have any expression questions, send an email: [e-mail]

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[@Animoplex]

It was just shared via screenshot from the SOM group :)

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[@Animoplex]

Thanks Adrian, there's quite a bit of work on the editing side :) And thanks for the subscribe, if you have feedback on the videos please send it along. Enjoy!

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[@Animoplex]

Thanks for the subscribe!

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[@Animoplex]

Thank you for the compliments, so glad you're finding these tutorials easy to understand. Best of luck on your journey with AE, it's a great program to learn!

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[@Animoplex]

No, you're awesome! Glad you like it :)

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[@Animoplex]

Your comments are appreciated :) The views roll in pretty steadily, this is a pretty new series. The hope is that more viewers find this every day.

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Glad it helped you! Thanks for the subscribe, any questions please reach out.

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[@Animoplex]

So excited to hear this! Thank you for the subscribe, glad you enjoyed the course. Isn't it a great feeling to know your way around the code in AE? Thanks again for the kind words.

[@gulugulu1530]

How to control the range in wiggle expression? In this video at 0:48 ,why the X/Y amplitude between output position and source position is more than 200? Thank you！

[@Animoplex]

You can control the range in the expression using amplitude, the second value in the wiggle expression. For your second question, that's an error in the video. The Position Source on the left should say "1920, 1080, 100" but says "960, 540, 100" instead. However, the expression is working as intended on the right, moving 200 in value both positive and negative. This gives each number a range of 400. For example, the 1920 on the right wiggles from 1720 to 2120.

[@gulugulu1530]

​@@Animoplex Thank you for your reply,I sent an email to you for getting your help,please check. Thank you again.

[@christhamizhanda]

Dude you are a saviour :) . Thank you so much. please do more videos.

[@Animoplex]

Thanks! You’re very welcome. More videos on the way very soon, wrapping up the course now.

[@directedbyeli]

Great tutorial. Looking forward to more new content.

[@Animoplex]

Thanks! What would you like to see?

[@xinyusun2578]

like your tutorial ! i am a beginner so your video really help me a lot thx! :)

[@Animoplex]

So glad this video is helping you out. Any more questions, send them over!

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[@Animoplex]

Thanks for the kind words! Your interest is greatly appreciated. The track "Geekz" sounds awesome: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYqUdHqGq5edpZI Send an email and let's chat! [e-mail]

[@DanielMastroSG]

Thank you !!

[@Animoplex]

You’re welcome ;)

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Hey, glad it was helpful!

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[@Animoplex]

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[@Animoplex]

Thank you!

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Amazing tutorial!!

[@Animoplex]

Thanks for watching!

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[@Animoplex]

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying it :)

[@ЕкатеринаЯрков]

wow! this tutorial is amazing!

[@Animoplex]

You're amazing!

[@GuluGuluMusicz]

Nice teaching

[@Animoplex]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@Wyke96]

Thank you so much for such cool tutorials! What kind of Camera Layer did you use? I can't get the camera wiggle to function

[@Animoplex]

You’re welcome! Are you applying the expression to Position? Is the camera layer visibility turned on in the Timeline? Any more info you can share will be very helpful.

[@katarzynabednarz2793]

I have one question regarding wiggle expression. I want to create infinite move by adding wiggle expression to position but I don't know how to measure time to end up exactly at the same point as at the beginning.

[@Animoplex]

A bit late here, but maybe you're looking for a sine wave? Something like this with a controlled value to drive the position where you want it: Math.sin(time)

[@GP830422]

thanks! It's really helpful!!

[@Animoplex]

You're very welcome!

[@designsparkk]

this is awesome , thank you man

[@Animoplex]

You're welcome!

[@Andre14k]

would u mind pointing me to which expression or technique used for the random appearing boxes in ur video intro?thx

[@Animoplex]

No expressions used, just a randomized particle emitter with a Block Dissolve effect applied, which pixelates the particles.

[@Andre14k]

@@Animoplex I see. Thank you, sorry for such silly question. I don't have much experiences with effects panels. GBU man!

[@emadsalah8769]

Is it the box in which you write the expression edit or a program

[@Animoplex]

For this lesson series, it's a graphic in post production. But Expressionist is a good plugin from AE Scripts and the native expression window in the latest AE releases is pretty good as well.

[@emadsalah8769]

@@Animoplex thanks

[@تبصرة]

WoW ! Thanks !

[@Animoplex]

You are welcome!

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[@Animoplex]

Haha, thanks! :)

[@isladefreya1660]

so if i apply this expression to any layer, its gonna start from the start of the layer. Can we adjust when the expression gonna start, like i dont want the expression start from the beginning of the layer ? sry for my bad english.

[@Animoplex]

Use a slider control to adjust the amplitude and keyframe it to 0 when you want it to stop: amp = effect("Slider Control")("Slider"); wiggle(2, amp)

[@null2264]

Can you wiggle individual path (like each corners of rectangle) with this expression?

[@Animoplex]

The wiggle() expression doesn't have a lot of additional features or capabilities. However, it can be combined with other methods to achieve your intended use. You can connect path points to nulls (via a native AE script) and then apply the wiggle expression to those nulls. Here's a good video on the topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5OTgYCpm7qaecU

[@null2264]

@@Animoplex Owh okay, thanks!

[@maryamsamadi4714]

Does the flame property mean you designed the rocket in After Effects? I don't think if you import vector layers from illustrator, the layer can have sub-layer properties. Can it?

[@Animoplex]

The rocket was designed in Illustrator, imported to AE as a single layer, then Converted to Shape Layer via the right click command. From there, the components were cleaned up and groups were named. Hope this helps!

[@fouzm7722]

wow, thank you.

[@Animoplex]

You're welcome!

[@Futuregamesa]

helps a lot, thnks bruh

[@Animoplex]

Of course! Glad it's helpful.

[@goczbela8469]

thx! good tut!

[@Animoplex]

Thanks!

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[@obadashammout]

very cool

[@Animoplex]

Thanks!

[@TsubasaDraws]

How can I make the expression only last a couple of seconds?

[@Animoplex]

Try this method which blends between two expressions. Your wiggle expression will be "a" and use "value" for "b" in this example. Animate the blend slider to switch from "a" to "b" once enough time has passed. Tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eICzl6ZqbruZgqc Code: gist.github.com/animoplex/7287181ba9314d09e1e53462aae0b801

[@dhw7090]

I want to know what is the role of octave and amplitude multiplier... ㅠㅠ

[@Animoplex]

Here's some info about each from Adobe's reference site: Octave: "...is the number of octaves of noise to add together. This value controls how much detail is in the wiggle. Make this value higher than the default of 1 to include higher frequencies or lower to include amplitude harmonics in the wiggle." Amplitude multiplier "...is the amount that amp is multiplied by for each octave. This value controls how fast the harmonics drop off. The default is 0.5; make it closer to 1 to have the harmonics added at the same amplitude as the base frequency, or closer to 0 to add in less detail." More info here: helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/user-guide.html/after-effects/using/expression-language-reference.ug.html#property_attributes_and_methods_expression_reference

[@dhw7090]

@@Animoplex thank you for your kindness! but though adobe's explanation, it still confusing to me... I do not understand the meaning of harmonics and octave.(In my dictionary, there are only meaning related to Music. too difficult...

[@ZIGATRONZ]

how to apply wiggle on individual vector?

[@Animoplex]

wiggle() outputs an array for multi-dimensional values. Try w = wiggle(1, 20); and then use w[0] to get the first index. A quick example to only affect Y axis: w = wiggle(1,20); [value[0], value[1] + w[1]]

[@ZIGATRONZ]

@@Animoplex Thanks dude! you just save my day🤗

[@Animoplex]

You’re welcome!

[@crispybaked7]

you are awesome!

[@Animoplex]

No, YOU are awesome!

[@happywithmychannels3349]

How wiggle (10,50) in 5th sec frame and coming to 10th sec frame can we wiggle (0,0)?

[@Animoplex]

Multiply the amplitude by a Slider Control and use that to drive the amplitude over time.

[@aldywarsachristianpinem6602]

Thanks :D

[@Animoplex]

You're very welcome. Hope you learned something!

[@peryaful]

AWESOME

[@Animoplex]

Thanks! :)

[@MAGreN25potter]

I didn't know about octaves and amp_mult in wiggle(( Im not sure, that I understanted this argument

[@Animoplex]

They are optional parameters, you can exclude them and wiggle() still works fine.

[@pwnuser2940]

I want that music, where I can find it?

[@Animoplex]

It’s a custom licensed track, but you can search for similar music on Audio Jungle.

[@spartaplan]

theres not only 2 parameters, im looking for a tutorial for the other parameters :(

[@Animoplex]

At 3:25, all four parameters are briefly covered.

[@crusherchief9617]

awesome✌👌

[@Animoplex]

Thanks!

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[@Animoplex]

Haven't uploaded in a while, but maybe soon. It's been a busy few years!

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if I can I'll give you a million likes

[@Animoplex]

Sending a million likes back your way!

[@5ara3alaweshak]

great

[@Animoplex]

Thanks!

[@mchand]

awesome

[@Animoplex]

Thanks! :)

[@sbxtn]

What is an octave ?

[@Animoplex]

Octaves are like levels of detail in the wiggle movement. A higher number provides more sudden random movements while a lower number gives a smooth result. Hope this helps!

[@indigisocialbyte7282]

Damn this is good...

[@Animoplex]

Hey, glad you like it! :D

[@alextheconqueror]

2:51

[@Animoplex]

Using all four wiggle() parameters is super cool!

[@mmsa9911]

how to stop the wiggle , i don't want it in a whole video to wiggle, pleeeeeeease

[@Animoplex]

Use a slider control to adjust the amplitude and keyframe it to 0 when you want it to stop: amp = effect("Slider Control")("Slider"); wiggle(2, amp)

[@mmsa9911]

@@Animoplex you are amazing thank you so much

[@TrapMusicXD]

Bro how this wiggle position expression works in this visualizer? How they adjust it according the drops? when i asked he told they made an expression with maths formulas. *HERE IS THE VIDEO* kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYLWq5qnrbx_mpY

[@Animoplex]

If you're talking about the handheld camera position, it was most likely linked to the audio data that's driving the other effects. If you're asking about the particles, they are likely driven by a Particular emitter and then altered with the Physics Time Factor property.

[@TrapMusicXD]

@@Animoplex No, Sir I Was Asking About That Background Shake. Which Is Controlled By A Plugin Called Soundkeys. The Background Shakes Only On The Drops Not On All Beats. I Was Really Thinking About How Is That Possible?. No Body Knows About That!, Its So Strange Factor Being To Starters Like Me :-)

[@Animoplex]

Sound Keys can isolate audio frequencies and drive effects based on that. There is a native version of this you can try. It's not as robust but may work in place of Sound Keys: Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Convert Audio to Keyframes

[@TrapMusicXD]

@@Animoplex Then, what about the shake ?

[@Animoplex]

Wiggle on camera position.

[@speckleofdust19]

where expression menu ????

[@Animoplex]

Look for the arrow button next to an active expression. You can find out more in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYGUlWp8Z8t0qrc

[@PavelChapanov]

это просто охуенно!

[@Animoplex]

Translated: "It's just awesome!" Thanks!