The 1st number 5 define the number of time your layer will wiggle per second.What’s a Wiggle Expression in After Effects ?Ī wiggle expression in After Effects is a piece of JavaScript code that allow to move,scale,rotate… a layer back and forth in a random fashion. For those who hate programming expression I’ll also go over other ways to create Jiggle movement without using codes. This should allow you to get a good understanding of how the wiggle expression works and use it for your own project.

In this blog post I’ll show multiple examples and methods of wiggle expressions from wiggle text to camera shake, I will also provide you the After Effects project source files so you can see how wiggle expressions are integrated with the layers.

If you have worked with After Effects for a while you’ll notice that creating random animation movements with key frames can be a real pain and a challenging task, luckily there is a better solution thanks to the wiggle expressions you can achieve random movement fairly quickly without spending hours tweaking key frames right and left.

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