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After Effects has this little things called expressions. You may have seen them in our tutorials. You may also fear it like the Chupacabra, but the fact is, they are here and they are real as are the goat eaters.
The majority of expressions I use are simple equations, so simple they can hardly be called equations. However they can be very powerful as well with a little bit of knowledge.
Check this site out for a great overview and very good solid information:
http://www.jjgifford.com/expressions/basics/index.html
And for some more practical examples check out Dan Ebberts newly designed site:
MotionScript.com
Be sure to click on the design center.
For now, I have to go check on the live stock :=
QUESTION: Are the expressions in the online tutorials easy to follow and understand? At the very least is everybody comfortable with pick whipping of other parameters and linking them to others through expressions?
Expression is kinda, hit and run: They appear in your (and others) tutorials, and then after I've played with them they run away. I just can't remember them!
For example, lets say you want to animate the exterior of a house wall falling apart like a cardboard box. Lets say you wanted to show off floor planes or a nuke went off and knocked the wall down. Forget hand animation. You can use expression on a Y axis and connect it to a Null Object or a expression control and you can now Animate all the walls pushing up on the same access through the null instead of doing it 4-8 times on your layers. Takes about 1 minute. It doesn't seem useful but hand animation takes time, learning expression basically is like adding an extra processor to your toolbox.
Expressions are good in all areas.
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Thanks Andrew
Warm Regards
Sandy
Well, I love the expressions and I always wanted to know about them because of the Math behind. But after a long time, I still was "afraid" of simple expressions. Since some months ago I understand almost all of the AE exp. I see (I have got a big difficult with looping like for())
The expressions you show here are simple but who is starting can have some difficult to understand. Example: the 3D Stroke With No Plug-in.
Of course now with MotionScript.com updated and the good JJ Gifford resource, this powerful "tool" in After Effects is no longer secret to anyone.
Thanks Andrew. You rock man! =)
Regards,
Neeraj
Singapore
awesome clip =)
neeraj
www.e-onsoftware.com
i like this expressions.
it gives a kind of reality .
you are so simple in explaining hard subjects of expressions
mmmmmmmmmmmm
chapacabras is cool! please explain more about him
But is would really like it if you could make a tutorial about: How to make a clock as in "24".
Bart
i have checked out the link you gave out, i can see they got some good stuff to know about...
if truely expression can enhance my job, then i think i will go for it,
andrew i think we need more encouragement on using or adopting the act of using expression in our animation
thanks
they're not difficult to me, but I gotta say that being an engineer helps a lot :) With the expression I did something similar to a "film-gets-out-of-the-gate" kinda thing.
See ya!
Stefano
and yes I would like to learn more using expressions.. (but I don't really care about a paper puppet..)
thank, This is my first work
your tutorials are very easy to understand and easy to follow, so keep on giving expressions...
Regards,
Dmitri
Expressions are especially cool for realistic movement which would be next to impossible to animate by using keyframes. ( well , not "impossible" but quite time consuming )
Clip bellow uses wobble expression shamlessly ripped from motionscript.
(Also using Riot Gear and Designer Sound FX -> my first ever clip with sound , heh )
http://www2.vladik1.com :8080/next.mov
I wish there was more tutorials and sites like motionscript.
That Andrew is one aggresive dude. He's like the HULK and Zack Morris(Saved By the Bell) rolled into one with a hint of Jon Stewart. ;)
thanks for the links
Seriously, I would like to see more of them, because they are very powerful. Expressions that you've used till now were easy to understand. I would like to quote a wise man at this point: "Let's take it a step further." -Andrew Kramer.
Thanks for the links and keep up the great work!
the language too create them yourself is almost like the language in "Matlap" (very powerfull modelling and programming software) and that is alot tougher. but very logical :)
It can safe you alot of time when knowing how to work with expression.
Bart
I love the wiggle expression (when you mix it with some text and add a glow to it, results can be amazing :o). Also pickwhipping is one heck of a useful technique. If I want to see more expressions? YEAAAAH!!! :P
www.MichaelBrodner.wordpress.com
They claim it's canine, but it looks like a feral cat. Feral Vampire Cats With Mange - B Grade movie extravaganza!
Of course given that they're frequently malnourished, they don't appear to be terribly formidable.
I wonder why you chose to ref a Chupacabra? I wasted my Sunday morning, damn you mythological creatures! DAMN YOU!
make a tutorial on how to make somone look like an alien using only tools in after effects mayby, but then use expressions to make somthing awesome happen, like, he morphs into the shape of a dog or somthing?
on the blog page is decreasing extremely...
Some tutorials have over 300...the new blogs
have 100 or less..
http://www.et-films.net
i personally love the wiggle expression, but would like to see more
just on another note, andrew do you like the band Journey, Midnight train is a great song
I read the links you posted and they were very helpful. I'll go back and watch some earlier tutorials where you lost me in the expressions and I expect to get it much better. I would love for YOU to do a video tutorial about expressions because you are such an outstanding teacher and you understand that your audience is a visually oriented crowd. The written tutorials take much more time to understand so a video tut would be great!
beware, if the chupacabra spots you, it will ask you to write an expression of his choice, if you mess up well..... Just don't mess up. Andrew save us!!!
And the expressions in the tutorial are easy to understand and follow.
But as it said on one of the pages listed above: Stay away from expressions if you can. =)
chew per(silent r sound) car(silent r) bra i guess
or chew peh cah bra
July 15th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Greymachina has a very good training DVD - Andrew tipped me off actually about him. : ) Check it out!
can you give me more information about this DVD.
thanx
You know, you could as well have said it scares us like La Llorona ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llorona )...
http://www.aenhancers.com
if i don't understand i just go backward and listen again.
i'd ask u something , Will Videocopilot launch a "A.K's work Fans" Contest ? :D
1st place = News on the blog with his video shown
2nd place = A Video Copilot T-Shirt
3rd Place = 10 Guitar Lessons with Andrew Kramer !
Could Be Fun ;)
PS. im from Denmark so my english is noot so good :D
oh yeah, by the way i'm from indonesia, nice to see you :D