Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #41480
From: Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] centering shape layer anchor point
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:36:32 -0700
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Actually, now that I think about it, the other "numerical" solution is to paste each Illustrator path into its own Shape Group. The pasted path will start centered in the group. Then edit the Transform > Position property for the group (not the overall layer) to get the offset you want.

good luck -
Chris



On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Chris Meyer wrote:

> To answer your question, there is not a way to do it numerically; you have to double-click the path to get the Free Transform box and move it.
>
> To answer your problem, here's how to paste paths from Illustrator to AE shape layers and have them maintain their relative positions:
> http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyframes/story/pasting_paths_from_illustrator_to_after_effects/
>
> good luck -
> Chris
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2011, at 12:36 PM, scott.aelist wrote:
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>> I've pasted a bunch of paths into AE from illustrator, and converted them to shape layers. Now i need to center the anchor point so they scale and rotate from the center of what would be their bounding box. These shapes are not parametric shapes so they don't have their individual transform controls. Is there a way to do this numerically? or do i have to manually eye it?
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