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Re: Get original value of a property 'before' the expression is executed!

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Re: Get original value of a property 'before' the expression is executed!
by Dan Ebberts on Jun 27, 2008 at 4:59:36 pm

Ah yes, I forgot about the old negative time trick. You can map the target layer's pre-expression position into negative time like this:

if (time <= 0){
valueAtTime(-time)
}else{
// your expression goes here
}

Then retreive it from the other layer like this:

comp("main comp").layer("target").transform.position.valueAtTime(-time)

Dan




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