What does wiggle expression do?

The Wiggle Expression in After Effects (or ae wiggle for short) is a great way to make objects move randomly, have some sort of idle Movement in character joints, animate a random camera shake, create wobbly text or animate a blinking/flickering light.

What is wiggle AE?

A wiggle expression in After Effects is a piece of JavaScript code that allow to move,scale,rotate… a layer back and forth in a random fashion. The basic code look like this. wiggle(5,10) The 1st number 5 define the number of time your layer will wiggle per second.

How to use simple expressions in after effects?

A practical step-by-step for working with simple expressions in AE: This opens in a new window. After you jump past the first :30 of ads, you’ll be digging into NextWaveDV’ s 5 favorite After Effects expressions. This intro to AE expressions covers wiggle, current time, loop out, slider controls and seed random.

Do you know the Wiggle expression in after effects?

The wiggle expression is an easy to learn expression in After Effects, and it will be your friend all throughout your career. Careful though, the wiggle expression will make you start questioning why you don’t know more expressions. Eventually you’ll be looking for more and more ways to automate movements using code in After Effects.

Why is the random expression important in after effects?

The random expression in After Effects is both a versatile and essential. There are many applications were the random expression can help ease the burden of small tedious animation tasks that slowly eat at your time animating. However, the random expression can be kinda confusing if you’re new to expressions in after effects.

How can I replay random movements in after effects?

Using the seedRandom method will allow you replay the same random movements every time. This is achieved by setting the “seed” value, which will tell After Effects which random algorithm pattern to choose and then use during each playback. To be clear seedRandom actually won’t work by itself.