Combine two ease expressions on Scale property

Question

I'm trying to make a layer scale up at its inPoint and then scale down just before its outPoint. Unfortunately, I'm not a coder, so I have a hard time understanding a lot of the syntax here. I'd love to get this done with just one expression to make everything faster instead of setting the keyframes individually. I can get the separate expressions to work, so:ease(time, inPoint, inPoint + 0.5, value * 0, value * 1)makes the image scale up from the time it comes in, andease(time, outPoint, outPoint - 0.5, value * 1, value * 0)makes the image scale down just before it disappears. However, when I try to combine them like this:if(time<=inPoint){
ease(time, inPoint, inPoint + 0.5, value * 0, value * 1)
}
else{
ease(time, outPoint, outPoint - 0.5, value * 1, value * 0)
}It does the scale up properly, but it ignores the scale down.If I try to combine them like this:ease(time, inPoint, inPoint + 0.5, value * 0, value * 1) + ease(time, outPoint, outPoint - 0.5, value * 1, value * 0)It does both scale animations, but the image goes to 200% for the duration it's onscreen until it scales down at the outPoint.Is there a way to do this with just one expression I can save as a preset?

Rick Gerard · Accepted Answer

I prefer adding the two ease values instead of using if/Else

t = time-inPoint;
sclIn = framesToTime(20);
sclOut = framesToTime(15);
fin = outPoint - inPoint;
scl1 = ease(t, 0, sclIn, 0, value[0] * 1 );
scl2 = ease(t, fin-sclOut, fin, 0, value[0]* 1);
scl = scl1 - scl2;
[scl, scl]

This gives me a 20-frame scale-in and a 15-frame scale-out. Subtracting the inPoint from time also gives you a "t" value that starts at zero. Subtracting the outpoint from the inpoint gives you the duration of the layer. I just used the original X value for scale.

I have many animations presets that have several moves at different times, and just adding the values derived by the interpolation method (ease(t, tMin, tMax, value1, value2) is a lot cleaner than stacking up a bunch of if/else arguments. I usually use sliders to control the move-in and move-out frame counts.

Hope this helps.

Airweb_AE · Answer

Try this: if (time >= inPoint && time < outPoint - 0.5) {  ease(time, inPoint, inPoint + 0.5, value * 0, value * 1)} else {  ease(time, outPoint - 0.5, outPoint, value * 1, value * 0)}

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