Remington McElhaney takes a look at using expressions in After Effects to speed up workflow, specifically, using of an “If else statement” in the creation of an animated freeze frame sequence.
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Today, were going to take a look at using expressions to simplify and speed up your workflow. We’ll be using an animated jump sequence to demonstrate the use of an “If else statement”. We’ll start in Photoshop creating the sequence, and then jump into After Effects to create an animation…. which will be driven off of just one control layer, with the help of expressions. Let’s get started! ”
