You know, it's not perfect, but it's just wiggling icons. See the Pen hHegc by jamiejefferson ( on CodePen This is what I'm using to wiggle the scale. Now I need to get a random number from 1000-2000. I'm using wiggle to scale a layer and I really only want it to wiggle the scale in the positive direction (>100) I looked into using an 'if/else' statement, but AE always error-ed out. Hi, I’ve been able to get a random number from 0-1000 using: wiggle (0,1000) This generates the number and it stays the same over the whole time line. For the new motion designer, this will save you a heap of time, as you don’t have to go back and forth in After Effects trying to figure out what the expression does exactly. You may have noticed, but you had wiggle being called at the end of multiple tweens each time, which would have caused a bit of stiltedness as each wiggle would overwrite any existing wiggle tweens. Random number within a range and hold it. In the case of the wiggle expression, the cheat sheet denotes every form of wiggle, and again, there’s an animated example for each type of wiggle.

I made a few modifications though to separate each property and randomise it in a simpler way. For instance, to add wiggle to Scale, Option click (Alt Click) Scale's stopwatch, delete the default expression and type the following: wiggle(3,25) The.

After effects wiggle scale expression