Honeycomb Hexagonal Matte Rig in After Effects

This is first out of 2 tutorials to create this effect.

Second tutorial is here:
   • Honeycomb Hexagonal Text Animation in Afte...  

Project files are available on Gumroad for free here:
https://kmotiontutorials.gumroad.com/...

Write up and expressions are available on my blog here:
https://www.kamilk.co.uk/2022/12/hone...

Inspiration for this tutorial came from this animation:
https://dribbble.com/shots/8934778-He...

Check out Jeroen Krielaars Instagram as he has some awesome designs there:   / calango  

Apothem formula:
https://www.omnicalculator.com/math/h...

StackOverflow % formula explanation:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8...

00:00 - Demo
00:12 - Intro
00:18 - Inspiration
00:28 - Credit Link
00:37 - My approach
01:27 - Trigonometry approach - Apothem
02:12 - Create honeycomb pattern idea
02:18 - Optimising our rig idea
02:58 - Design difference from the inspiration piece
03:24 - Tutorial starts here
03:42 - HexGrid Composition
03:57 - Create hexagon
04:14 - Null Controller
04:23 - 3 Control Sliders
04:41 - Apothem Side Expression
05:16 - Automating our rig
05:26 - Hexagon Position Expression
07:08 - 2nd Step Idea
07:33 - Setting up alternating rows
08:24 - Expression for alternating rows
11:59 - Ternary conditional statement
12:46 - Stack Overflow reference
12:54 - Add expression to Row layer position only
13:07 - Duplicate and offset new rows
13:52 - Use built controllers to tweak your hex grid
14:04 - Checking progress with initial plan
14:24 - Use distance for selection
14:47 - Optional step - circle shape is not 100% necessary
15:13 - Add 2 new sliders to Controller
16:00 - Length expression for Hex shape selection
18:20 - Checking if length expression works
18:38 - Fill in composition width with extra hexagons
19:07 - Fill up composition height with new rows
19:44 - The hardest part is done
19:53 - Setting up Essential Graphics properties
20:22 - Setting up hexagon honeycomb grid
21:13 - Create Null controller for Essential Graphics properties
21:56 - Create sliders on Controller
22:42 - Create Master Composition for your animation
23:07 - Testing final set up