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I searched for the smoke trail video, saw a couple of them......this is one of the best. I like the way it's not just do this, do that to get the effect.....You give a lot more details and how you get to the final output.
Do you know of any methods to undo the Atomic Stretch? I have a video where the atomic stretch effect was already applied, but I'm trying to revert it back to 4:3 and it doesn't seem like I can.
This is SO awesome to find! THANK YOU! Can anyone tell me, is there a way to get leading zeroes in front of the numbers? I'm trying to number scene frames... >..< @CreativeDojo
Hi, thanks for the insightful tutorial. I want to copy the value of the RGBA color array so that I can direcly use it in next-step color expression but I find it not act like a normal text layer and not be able to copy the value. After few times trying, the value i get is 'EEEE'. Do you happen to know how to copy the text value with expression in your first comp?
Seriously, how are we supposed to make it go past 10 million??? I just need to reach 16 million, you could have added an extra zero and it would be so much better.
Ok, well after a little digging, some help from ChatGPT-4o and my extremely rudimentary skill in being able to read code I was able to add a multipler to the line "var endNum=effect(z('0x1a'))(z('0x8')) * 2;" So.....If you need to get a number higher than 10 million, set that multiplier at the end to a higher number and adjust your animation accordingly. I don't really know what I'm doing so it's not a perfect solution but change that multiplier past 2 and you'll get a higher number out of it.
I wish the Adobe devs would go through and fix all these little issues with AE so the workflow is 90% workarounds - in other words, it would be great if they actually did their jobs
Wonderful tutorial. Finally someone made it easier to understand and learn expressions in After Effects for people like me, who are not Coders and Computer Engineers.. Huge thanks...
