Follow makes the clones trail a leader layer, usually a null you animate. Each clone sits where the leader was a little while ago.
How to use it
- Create and animate a null.
- Put Follow below a generator, or on a text layer: Geo Ops ▸ Effectors ▸ Follow.
- Pick the null under Leader.
- Set Lag.
Parameters
| Name | What it does | Default/range |
|---|---|---|
| Leader | The layer the clones trail. | None |
| Lag | How far behind the leader, in seconds. | 0.1 s, min 0 |
| Trail (lag grows down the line) | On: each clone lags further than the one before, a trail. Off: every clone lags the same. | On |
| Random Lag | Varies each clone's lag. | 0, 0–1 |
| Random Offset | Random position offset per clone. | 0 px, min 0 |
| Seed | Which random pattern. | random at add time |
| Spring | Followers chase their spot on a spring and swing past when the leader stops. Random Lag varies each one's stiffness too. | Off |
| Stiffness | (Spring) How tightly they chase. | 120 |
| Damping | (Spring) How quickly the swing settles. | 0.3, min 0 |
| Falloff | Where it acts. See Falloff. | off (everywhere) |