Parent Scale property to slider

Question

is it possible to make a slider that controls scale property

slider. = 0. // when slider hits value " 0 "

scale property = 0. // transform.scale property also hits value " 0 "

slider = 100. // but when slider hits value " 100 "

scale property = 45. // scale property of layer hits actual/user-Inout Value

David Arbor · Accepted Answer

lets say if I put a random value instead of 45 then?

like making it a motion preset

where

I draw a shape with any scale value and link that shape's scale property to slider control using expression

If I'm understanding what you want, you have a couple options here:

1) You can replace the hard-coded [45, 45] with a variable so you don't have to enter the value twice inside of the linear() function. This would look like this:

const scaleController= effect("Slider Control")("Slider");

const newScale = 58;

linear( scaleController, 0, 100, [0,0] , [newScale, newScale] );

2) You can skip the extra step all together and manually set the scale of the new shape to your desired final size, then you can apply this expression to the property.

const scaleController= effect("Slider Control")("Slider");

linear( scaleController, 0, 100, 0 , value);

value means the pre-expression value, and while the property value will get overwritten by an expression, the original value still exists behind it. So the function is now saying "as the slider goes from 0 to 100, go from 0 to whatever my pre-expression value is on this property. This has the benefit of being dynamic because you can still scrub the property, manually type a value, or even keyframe the property, even though the expression is applied. Also, you only have to write the one word instead of typing out an array because value already represents an array on a Scale property.

You'll also notice that you can actually write "0" instead of "[0, 0]" as the fourth argument in any of the instances here. What's great about this is that it makes this expression even more modular—it means that you can apply this same expression to Opacity or Rotation, which are both scalar (a single value) vs an array without having to modify the code to match the property type.

Rick Gerard · Answer

I would take the current value of the property you want to control with the slider and use that as the starting value for a linear or ease expression. If the Effects Control Slider named "Scale Control" and was on the same layer you are trying to animate the expression would look like this:

ctrl = effect("Scale Slider")("Slider");
ease(ctrl, 0, 100, value, [100, 100]);

Now any value you set for scale would be the starting value when the slider was at 0 and the scale would be [100, 100] when the slider was at 100. You could even animate the original scale by setting keyframes and then override the keyframes with the slider. I chose ease instead of Linear because I usually ease scale keyframes and this saves me a step. Using the original scale "value" also eliminates the need to edit the expression so the layer is easier to animate.

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