Hello! I know the answer is probably staring me in the face, but I've hit a wall! So, I have a circle that I have animated, which gets larger and blurs and fades, and I just want this to repeat multiple times like a ripple effect. Instead of just copying the layer and moving along the time line slightly, is there another way, like you have Repeater value in AfterEffects?
A thousand thanks!
One of the easiest, quickest and "dirtiest cheats" is to use a Generator.
Go to Add Object > Generators > Generators > Concentric Shapes:
Turning this into your animation takes a couple of tricks.
Set the Width parameter to about 120 (to start - you can definitely fine tune this later).
Set the Contrast down to about 0.35 (again... playable).
Right click on the Phase and Add Parameter Behavior > Rate (you can adjust this to create the speed of animation) Set the initial Rate to about 100 (adjustable).
Add a Filters > Color > Threshold filter.
Set the Threshold to 1 and the Smoothness to about 0.03 (you do not want any pixelation along the edges of the circles).
Add a Circle Mask (centered) and increase the feathering so that the ripples taper off at the end of your animation:
If you want the ripples to begin from a single point, then animate the circle mask to start off with 0 radius and expand it to full size.
This is only one method — there are others... less easy.
One of the easiest, quickest and "dirtiest cheats" is to use a Generator.
Go to Add Object > Generators > Generators > Concentric Shapes:
Turning this into your animation takes a couple of tricks.
Set the Width parameter to about 120 (to start - you can definitely fine tune this later).
Set the Contrast down to about 0.35 (again... playable).
Right click on the Phase and Add Parameter Behavior > Rate (you can adjust this to create the speed of animation) Set the initial Rate to about 100 (adjustable).
Add a Filters > Color > Threshold filter.
Set the Threshold to 1 and the Smoothness to about 0.03 (you do not want any pixelation along the edges of the circles).
Add a Circle Mask (centered) and increase the feathering so that the ripples taper off at the end of your animation:
If you want the ripples to begin from a single point, then animate the circle mask to start off with 0 radius and expand it to full size.
This is only one method — there are others... less easy.
Hi
For what you described I would use a point emitter with a scale over life behavior. In the emitter, set life and opacity over life to suit and have speed at zero, birth at 1. The scale over life and the opacity over life values will drive the animation.
Here's a quick example
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3gtejzfll2rnjj5/Ripples%20Emitter.motn?dl=0
Not exactly sure, but it looks like it may be a job for a replicator.
Hey thanks for the reply! That's what I thought but I couldn't get it work. I couldn't figure out how to just get it replicating from the centre, just wants to make patterns all the time?!
Animating a ripple
