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Looping images randomly

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Ever wanted to have a series of images/frames looping randomly?
 After Effects CS3
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Just apply this time remapping expression.
You just have to edit the first line to match your number. This is one of those expressions that has to recalculate what's happened on each previous frame, so it might bog down if your comp is fairly long.
nFrames = 10;
seedRandom(index,true);
n = Math.floor(random(nFrames));
f = timeToFrames();
for (i = 0; i < f; i++){
  n += 1 +Math.floor(random(nFrames-1));
  n %= nFrames;
}
framesToTime(n)
by Dan Ebberts

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loop, image, frame, random

(Min. Version: After Effects CS3, Category: Useful things, Type: Expressions)
posted by MicGyver on Feb 21, 2010

 

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