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How to Use LoopOut + Wiggle Expression in After Effects

November 28, 2023 ·

This tutorial will show you how to use both the loopOut + Wiggle Expression on the same transform property in Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

https://youtu.be/RpAdFa7IzLU

Adobe After Effects CC 2024: How to Use LoopOut + Wiggle Expression

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to use both the loopOut + Wiggle Expression on the same transform property in Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

**Note:
**This tutorial uses the loopOut(“pingpong”) and the Position Property, but it will work with other loopOut expressions and transform properties.

**How To Use PingPong Expression (tutorial):
**https://youtu.be/aMOBc-e82Cg

**Expressions Used:
**loopOut(“pingpong”);
wiggle (6,10);

**Variables:
**Container used to define expression

loop = loopOut(“pingpong”);
wiggle = wiggle (6,10);

**Final Formula
**loop + wiggle -value

**Chapters:
**00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:25 Overview of Animation
00:39 Adding Wiggle Expression
01:07 Order of Expressions Explained
01:36 The Fix: Combine Expression
01:49 Create Variables
02:34 How To Create Formula (Add Variables)
03:07 -Value (Fix layer disappearing)
03:52 Variable Names + Updating Formula

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2023 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Combine loopOut + Wiggle Expression

  1. Create variable for loopOut Expression (loop = loopOut(“pingpong”);
  2. Create variable for Wiggle Expression (wiggle = wiggle(6,10);
  3. Create formula to add variables together (loop + wiggle)
  4. Add -Value to reset the position of the layer (-value)
  5. loop + wiggle -value (final formula to combine expressions)

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