Random Expressions in Adobe After Effects
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Creating randomness in expressions is an essential part of creating procedural results. We'll explore the main methods and functions in this introduction to random expressions in After Effects. We'll also look at ways to control, clamp, and refine randomness. And, a few ways to use or deploy randomness in properties to get you thinking about the possibilities.
If you have any questions just let me know in the comments.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Sponsored By Skillshare
01:48 Basic Random()
02:30 Random Numbers
04:04 Random Colours
05:11 Random Pick From A List
06:42 GaussRandom()
07:34 Radar Screen
08:42 Gaussteroids
10:51 Noise()
11:59 Dials
13:12 Rumble
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this is one of the best expressions tutorials I've ever seen. Thank you!!
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I really liked your explanation of what noise() is actually doing. Even better…your practical application of linking two variables via noise(). Great video, thanks!
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This is just A+ content. Great explanations and creative usage of these methods. Well done sir!
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Thank you so much! I was always confused with those expressions and now I know it better!
I'm glad I could clear that up :)
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Outstanding tutorial Evan...! It is a pleasure to stick with you for such tutorials full of knowledge. Power of expressions..it is fascinating! Thank you for sharing! ❤
My pleasure!
@@ECAbramsI am quite often coming back to this tutorial and frankly speaking not this one only..as this is the most complete lesson about using random(). So many arrangements and combinations can be used related to the use of it..amazing..I do not want to miss this opportunity to thank you again..Btw, I do hope you are doing great! ❤
He did a very good job imo. Explaining the basics step by step. English is not my first language and I have no experience in using DAWs
Video is criminally underrated. Thank you masively my man! Subbed and will stick around with you. Keep it up!!
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Glad to have finally scratched that itch.
Thanks for your easy to follow explanations
Wow, what a great explanation of the expression side of AE. I'm subscribing right now. Can't wait to learn more from you.
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So much helpinggg, thanks a bunch!
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The radar and asteroid examples are super creative 🙏🏻
This a better tutorial than the MDS (Expression Course) lesson on the random function. Thank you!
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simply brilliant. so easy to understand :) tahnks a lot
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I've seen that has actually explained it to in a concise way!
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that's so useful for beginners!
Thanks for the video, I needed this explanation today! Also, the thing about monospaced fonts and using metrics!!! WOW! Never knew that and it bugged the hell out of me that I couldn't get monospaced fonts to work correctly for years!
Really nice tutorial. Keep it up.
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Dude there isn't a single one of your tutorials I don't love. I feel like a kid in a virtual candyshop of Ae knowledge.
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I hope so! :)
Bro it’s very intimidating! I’ve been slacking on it for a month now. The symbols are very confusing. You have to train your mind to
This is the best tutorial I've come across on this subject, excellent video. Although, I'm having a hard time understanding how to replicate what you achieved at 12:14 with the easing of the randomness. My graph just displays a mess of noise adjusted rotational values, not that smooth particular line. Great stuff nonetheless
Thanks for sharing, you're a genius. Can you make quick video about arrays? I will really appreciate it
Hi Juan. Absolutely! But, do you mean arrays like in expressions [a,b,c] or visual arrays like layers and objects around a grid or circle?
@@ECAbrams thanks for writing back, I meant to array in a expression [a, b, c] it's kind of confusing
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I've been using after effects just in the past two months. I think this is advance for. Maybe I'll have to come back a couple of months later. Regardless of this tho, this tutorial is a very very interesting one. It just tells me there's a lot of things possible in AE
There certainly is. It's quite a garage of tools. Expression can definitely be a conceptual hurdle. I would recommend being confident in the functions and terminology of Ae before layering expression onto that. But, if you pick up coding concepts quickly it may not be that far down the road. Cheers and best of luck on your journey!
What's the magic again with AE! Much thanks!
8:42 I have a question! What role does "Black Solid 4" play in this part? I can't see a light layer separately, but I'm curious how you did with the shadowing of the object!
hi! thanks for amazing tutorials. a question i have: if i use random to generate values: what's an (preferably easy) way of easing between said intervals? For instance: using a kick drum-audio assistant key frames to change the scale of a circle. How to slew the animation to avoid brash pops? cheers!
There is the smooth() function that might be of use? But I'm not sure I follow the example. Are you looking to use some keyframed trigger to cause the change in value between random values? Is that about the size of it?
Blakk Bee Mac version seems to have so better support for certain midi devices. And not using the ASIO drivers has a lot to do with
creating a second track to add into the recording as I play through the first tract?
SNice tutorialt, it's the nice tuto
How you start setuping can you do a video on that
route, and connect it to my computer system, will it be as simple as creating one track and play a composition through it, recording it, then
Does it have the repeat step sequencer in the step sequencer ??
You catch on really fast, it seems complex but once you learn the basics it pretty much branches into experintation
may have to go another route.
how would you insert a half note in the channel rack
this is helpful... is there a way to randomize the space between loopout cycles? for example if i have a layer with a value that animates from 0 - 150 and back to 0, and would like that loop to repeat after a random amount of frames. this way i can have multiple layers that start and end at different moments in the timeline.
The difficulty is that loopOut specifically looks at keyframe values to loop. So you would need a different function. Because expressions are evaluated every frame there is another wrinkle. I would look up the concept on creative cow. Maybe someone has made the effort already on there.
@@ECAbrams ok, thank you for the reply!
Thats how it be
Love the tutorial. Q: why doesn't it work when I put a random() in as the variable for posterizeTime()? EG: posterizeTime((random(1,9))); it seems to do nothing.
Let's look at what posterizeTime() is "doing" first. It's saying how often something should be evaluated. If that number isn't fixed, as in the times per second is always something new, every frame has a new instruction for evaluation. Therefore, every frame will be evaluated. Now, if you set a seedRandom() that is timeless, then random will return a static number, and the expression can be evaluated at an interval because you are now specifying a consistent interval.
What is the intention of making the posterizeTime() interval random initially?
@@ECAbrams I think I understand. If the posterizeTime() value is itself updating every frame, it's like it's resetting every frame, defeating the purpose.
Perhaps the key is in the seedRandom() as a timeless, as you mentioned.
My intent is to apply your lesson to create a "glitchy" effect. I've got a red, green, and blue text overlapping in screen to make white text, and each RGB layer is moving slightly off-center via a gaussRandom() amount. The posterizeTime() was intended to be a variable-length sort of freeze-frame where sometimes it changed quickly, and sometimes hangs for longer before changing.