David Torno takes a look at some options for Creating Pendulum Swinging Motion Using Expressions in After Effects. In this two-part effort, David shows how to create pendulum-style animation using expressions, then more of a swinging style motion adding decay and also a circular motion. Then part two looks at how to use expressions in After Effects to loosen up the motion.

Check out part one of Creating Pendulum Swinging Motion Using Expressions in After Effects here, and Part two of Expressions for Swinging Motion in After Effects here.

David Torno writes: This Expression Shorts episode, explores Math. sin() in greater detail. In this part 1 episode, I show you how to create pendulum style motion, swinging style motion with decay, and circular motion. This week’s short happens to be not so short so I’ve created two parts and have included multiple code breakdowns. So get ready to learn some handy code.