Creating a Looping Wiggle Effect in After Effects - Tutorial

[@bad_teeth]

People that post the expressions in the desc deserve nobel peace prizes

[@emmacorby4611]

I was having issues with the loop timing, I had a comp that was 4s long, but when I changed the expression to reflect 4 as the time, I was still getting an extra frame or two that weren't working, even when I tried making it 1 frame longer/shorter than 4s. I found this expression to eliminate the issue of the timing:
freq = 1;
amp = 510;
loopTime = thisComp.duration;
t = time % loopTime;
wiggle1 = wiggle(freq, amp, 1, 0.5, t);
wiggle2 = wiggle(freq, amp, 1, 0.5, t - loopTime);
linear(t, 0, loopTime, wiggle1, wiggle2)
Thank you for this video!

[@ROMTHIRTY]

This is beautiful, elegant and the way to do it.

[@TheDoggyChannelVideo]

Another way is, to leave the expression as it was originally, so if your comp is 4s, the timeline has to end in 00:3,29 (in 30fps) this is due to the next frame is 00:00,00 which is the same as 00:04,00 so thats why you get the same frame twice

[@VocaMagenta]

still usefull 2 years later, thx dude ! straight to the point vid

[@pau_1eal526]

thanks you so much
you have no idea how useful tutorials are as direct and easy to apply as this one

[@conormurphy7058]

I’d like to see more short tutorials like this. A mix of short and long. Thanks.

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Thanks for your comment. I will definitely keep this in mind and make a nice mix of longer and shorter tutorials in the future :)

[@TheDoggyChannelVideo]

Thanks a lot for this, i have not worked with expressions in awhile, and this video just made my day!!!

[@bananabike279]

Great short tutorial! I knew about the wiggle expression, but I didn't know you could make them loop perfectly with looptime!

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Yeah great right? Thanks for watching :)

[@randyrektor]

Short, concise, perfectly effective, script linked in the bio.. A perfect tutorial.

[@zeaig]

Thank you so much, this was driving me bonkers.

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Haha cool! Glad I could help :)

[@tusharhegde8174]

Thanks a ton. wish you great health and happiness.God bless you

[@KamusAEP]

Very Very Very Thank you very much! I'm going to save this expression, it will be very useful.

[@nmy2187]

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[@mrbluepencil_]

Thank you! You are a legend! Saved me so much time :)

[@samandgracephotography]

fantastic. i used to spend so much time working around my wiggle expressions not looping... this is so great!

[@GustavoPulidoJ]

This is gold!, thanks so much!

[@filipecaldasmotion]

thank you very much, you saved my life!!

[@DissertazioniVideolu]

no one making this "tutorial" explains the meaning of lines:
t = time % loopTime;
wiggle1 = wiggle(freq, amp, 1, 0.5, t);
wiggle2 = wiggle(freq, amp, 1, 0.5, t - loopTime);
linear(t, 0, loopTime, wiggle1, wiggle2)

[@dedex64]

This helps me a lot ,Thank you

[@LiliyaPavlova]

thank you so much! you saved my time)

[@MyLoginWasIncorrect]

awesome! thank you for the expression

[@linnealowden7904]

thank you, I used this on a project today!

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Awesome to hear! :)

[@W56productions]

Great video.
Red about this sort of technique a while ago but forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me!

[@MohamedElHanoun]

Very helpful Thanks

[@kemal_punkt]

many many thanks, very useful expression.
Is there any way to make it frame based? Instead of 0:00:03:00, what if it's 0:00:03:17, or just 00071?

[@Cristina-hp2yg]

You can just divide the number of frames by the frame rate for example I have 215 frames and my animation is 24 fps. Instead of putting 3 in the loopTime, I've put loopTime=215/24 and it worked perfectly. You don't even have to do the math in case it has too many decimals or whatever.

[@kemal_punkt]

@@Cristina-hp2yg smart, thanx*10 Cristina

[@tiagos5804]

Just what i needed. Thank you very much.

[@sanniametu6187]

To Bas!!!! Top notch as always 👌Quick and insightful

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Thanks Sanni! :)

[@pablobarrantes1209]

excellent tutorial, thank you so much.

[@ramielsonedgar2095]

Thanks!

[@travelingjon]

Thank you so much! Exactly what I was looking for and thanks for including the expression.

[@MrJoeFuego]

Beautiful

[@viktorskies2058]

Great man!!! Thanx a lot!

[@robertopotamico]

Thanks my friend!

[@Zytopian]

literally magic love it! Thank you!

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Thank you! :)

[@noistruct.]

great tutorial! If my 'loopTime' is 01,19seg. How do i express it?

[@motionapex4545]

Thnaks...! it works.

[@randomfreaks9292]

Thank you!

[@pututejaa]

THANKS :)

[@cenadj]

your channel is gold mate! Keep these amazing tutorials coming ")

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Thank you so much! :)

[@polkior]

thanks

[@saemranian]

Thanks For sharing MAN.

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

You're welcome Ahmad! Thanks for watching :)

[@TamaraTasic]

I LOVE YOU MAN!

[@maedeamn3390]

Thanks a lottt it was awesome

[@schrammedia.]

Bedankt!

[@saberdahmen9393]

thanks bro

[@simleoita]

thnks legend

[@tuloreedu]

Love you!

[@BeonJoy]

GENIUS

[@miuranga_dissanayake]

Thank you very much for this!

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

You're welcome! And thanks for watching :)

[@danirivera8456]

Hi! What if my composition is not 3 seconds long on the dot? Like, what do I do if it’s 3:20 seconds long or so?

[@Lizzardking]

LEGEND

[@keithlichtie1268]

Much thanks - quick question: I currently have the following expression to keep the wiggle only on the y-axis:
[ value[0], wiggle(1,5)[1] ]
How would I add this to the expression you shared to make the above expression an exact loop?
freq = 1;
amp = 5;
loopTime = 3;
t = time % loopTime;
wiggle1 = wiggle(freq, amp, 1, 0.5, t);
wiggle2 = wiggle(freq, amp, 1, 0.5, t - loopTime);
linear(t, 0, loopTime, wiggle1, wiggle2)

[@dcofr]

i know im late but if you are using simple positon keyframing, you can right click and press separate dimensions, isolating the x and y axises

[@viktoriag6206]

Does someone know how to slow down the animation with this expression, while still preserving the loop?

[@Nahn3d]

amazing!!!

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Thanks! :)

[@TheRegelation]

i love you!

[@michaelencarnacao8998]

thanks boss !!

[@CampKeyframetutorials]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@timeSlidrGaming]

When I animate it going from a slow wiggle to a faster wiggle, it goes faster during the animation than it is after the last keyframe. Like if I animate it going from 1 to 2, it's faster than 2 during the animation but is 2 after it. Is there anyway to fix that?

[@kandangas_sv]

What if I want to loop it using only "y" wiggle?

[@Cumarenet]

scale??

[@ADVMercer]

Doesn't work.

[@octavetimmerman3528]

real

[@JakubKaka]

Thanks Bud!