How To Add Expression Comments in After Effects

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Adobe After Effects CC 2024: How To Add Expression Comments

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to add Expression Comments/Notes in Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

**Keyboard Shortcuts:
**Show Expressions: EE
Duplicate: Cmd/Ctrl + D
Position Property: P

**Expressions Used:
**wiggle(2,20,0.5)

//Add Single-Line Comments below expressions

/*

This is how to add multi-line
comments under expressions

*/

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**Chapters:
**00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:15 What Are Expression Comments?
00:29 Use Cases for Expression Comments
00:54 Add Wiggle Expression
01:38 Add Expression Slider Controls
02:13 Connect Expression To Slider Controls
02:59 Change Values in Expression Controls
03:13 Add Single-Line Expression Comments (//)
04:09 Add Multi-line Comments

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2024 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Add the Wiggle Expression Adobe After Effects CC 2024:

1. Create a new Composition
2. Add a graphics layer such as a logo that you want to ‘Wiggle’
3. Select the logo layer
4. Tap ‘P’ to bring up the Position Property
5. Press the Option(Mac) or Alt(Windows) key and click on the stopwatch next to Position
6. Type in the Wiggle Expression: wiggle(2,20,0.5)

How To Add Slider Controls to the Wiggle Expression Adobe After Effects CC 2022:

1. Select layer with Wiggle Expression
2. Go to top Menu and select Effect…Expression Controls…Slider Control
3. Go to Effect Controls
4. Select Slider Control and tap Enter to Rename to Frequency
5. Duplicate Frequency Control by selecting and right-clicking…duplicate or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + D
6. Rename 2nd Slider Control by selecting…tap Enter/Return…type in Amplitude
7. Duplicate Frequency Control by selecting and right-clicking…duplicate or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + D
8. Rename 3rd Slider Control by selecting…tap Enter/Return…type in Octaves
9. Go to Wiggle Expression in the Timeline (Tap EE to show all expressions)
10. Select the first number (highlight with cursor)
11. Look to the left of timeline for Position Property and select the pick whip icon (curly circle)
12. Drag the pick whip to the Frequency Slider Control in ‘Effect Controls’
13. Repeat for the 2nd Number, but drag the pick whip to the Amplitude Slider
14. Repeat for the 3rd Number, but drag the pick whip to the Octaves Slider
15. Change the numbers for each Slider Control to 2,20,0.5
16. Press Spacebar to preview
17. Done

How To Add the Expression Comments:

1. Click on Wiggle Expression in the Timeline
2. Type 2 forward slashes (//)
3. Enter Single Line Comment
4. Type forward slash + asterisk (/*) and add multiple line comment
5. Close comment with asterisk + forward slash (*/)

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