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TyleratTheCrossing
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October 10, 2024
Question

CC Repetile Jitter

  • October 10, 2024
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Is CC Repetile broken or is this user error?

 

1. Create a Text Layer (or any Shape Layer or use any graphic)

2. Add CC Repetile to It

3. Expand to the Left or Right

4. Keyframe the layer's position on the x axis at a slow speed.

 

Watch the duplicates (created by CC Repetile) jitter, both in preview and in render  Sometimes the bouncing (or glitchy or twitchy or jumpy) errors result in a small movement, but (especially if it's thin enough) it will jitter more and more as it duplicates from the original source.  Is this a bug or a feature?

 

For text repetitions, workarounds include using expressions like repeat(), but it is not a great solution as I'm having trouble with spacing.

 

AE Version: 24.6.2

MacOS Sequioa

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 11, 2024

I think you are just experiencing judder because of the interraction between frame rate and movement. To get smooth slow moves you need to move along the axis precisely a whole number of pixels per frame. 

 

Try removing the keyframes for position and then use this expression to generate the movement. 

s = timeToFrames(4);// 4 pixels per frame.
x = time*s;
[value[0] + x, value[1]]
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TyleratTheCrossingAuthor
Known Participant
October 20, 2024

I tried your solution and it didn't work. I ended up using a SourceText expression that duplicated the words better than Repetile (or at least in a way that when I keyframed its position, there was no more judder/jitter).


I also, in an attempt to use the composition as a template for a Plugin I use called CSV to Text layers, had to use another layer to point to its source. It was a major McGuyver solution, but it works now. 

Spahny11
Spahny11
Participant
May 29, 2025

I'm responding to this because maybe someone else will Google this in the future and need a solution (like me, ha).

 

Just Precomp your Repetile layer and extend that precomposition's height. Then create your position keyframes on the new Precomp.

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