FRSWiggle

The FRSWiggle technique—often referred to as the Frame-Rate Stylised Wiggle—is a highly efficient motion graphics approach used to create the organic, jittery “line boil” or “squigglevision” effect in minutes without redrawing every single frame from scratch. By forcing a randomized fluid expression to skip frames, it replicates an old-school, hand-drawn look.

You can master this technique in major animation software using these core workflows. 🚀 The 3-Step Core Logic

The entire technique relies on three mathematical or visual principles:

Frequency: How many times per second the object or line shifts.

Amplitude: The maximum distance (in pixels or degrees) the object moves.

Posterization: Artificially dropping the frame rate (e.g., from 60fps to 12fps) to give it a crunchy, traditional feel. 💻 Implementation in After Effects (The Fastest Way)

To master this in under two minutes, you can combine Adobe After Effects’ built-in wiggle engine with a time-stepping layer.

Step 1: Apply the MovementSelect your asset, hit P for Position (or R for Rotation), and Alt + Click (Windows) or Option + Click (Mac) on the stopwatch icon. Type the standard wiggle expression:wiggle(5, 10); (This tells it to move 5 times a second by 10 pixels).

Step 2: Add the FRS (Frame-Rate Stylisation) LayerGo to Layer > New > Adjustment Layer. Place it at the very top of your timeline.

Step 3: Drop the Frame RateGo to the Effects & Presets panel, search for Posterize Time, and drag it onto your adjustment layer. Set the Frame Rate to 8, 12, or 15.

Your smoothly calculated computer animation instantly snaps into a stylized, hand-crafted jitter. 🎨 Text-Specific Wiggle (No Coding Needed)

If you want to apply this directly to text geometry without dealing with code syntax: Create a standard Text Layer.

Twirl open the text properties, click the Animate pop-up menu, and choose Position.

Next to the newly created Animator 1, click Add > Selector > Wiggly.

Under the Wiggly Selector settings, change the Wiggles/Second to 12 and adjust the position amount to change the intensity. ✂️ Alternative Tools Getting Started with the Wiggle Expression in After Effects