jumpy text seen in scary movies

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There's a lot of things you can do, but on the position, try this:


probability = 10 ;//higher is less likely

val = random(-probability, 1);
m = clamp(val, 0, 1)
y = wiggle(10, 200*m);
[value[0], y[1]]

Harry J Frank
Freelance Motion Designer
graymachine.com

This was a great tutorial, I must say. It is exactly what I was looking for. It there anyway to create it for a 16:9 aspect ratio? More importantly I was having a problem with the position expression of the really blurry text layer that jumps around a lot. When I put in the expression for the value of the position it kept moving off the screen instead of being centered. Do you have any tips or suggestions?

Tutorial mentioned no longer works for newer versions of AE... is there another one? - preferably video tutorial...

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A wiggle expression only gets you so far... I think what this effect also calls for (At least how I've seen it used) is also a part of an expression that keeps the text in one spot for a short time, and then it jumps to another random position within a set amount of space... or, better yet, have the pause interval also be random so it (being the text) would freeze for a moment, then wiggle a bit, then freeze in another position (With varying levels of opacity as well)...

anyone know how to accomplish this?

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