Return-Path: Received: from gateway01.websitewelcome.com ([69.56.224.19] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4575529 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:32:03 +0100 Received: by gateway01.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 44CF6260883E5; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:38:30 -0600 (CST) Received: from ham01.websitewelcome.com (ham.websitewelcome.com [173.192.111.52]) by gateway01.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39FA0260883B5 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:38:30 -0600 (CST) Received: by ham01.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 666) id 38810C5A6B613; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:38:30 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ham01.websitewelcome.com X-Spam-Flag2999: NO X-Spam-Level2999: X-Spam-Status2999: "No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by ham01.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1A1DC5A6B5CF for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:38:29 -0600 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=crishdesign.com; h=Received:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:To:X-Mailer:X-BWhitelist:X-Source:X-Source-Args:X-Source-Dir:X-Source-Sender:X-Source-Auth:X-Email-Count:X-Source-Cap; b=jyp0cHV/3yoYF+p3VquYPGPslKASwq7BIkk8/B1UetuLx7r4vWrWRE683DE5xECoG0hHApHiu5XXC0z3Ngfol0fUYyAQ+Cu/1JOq+mXZvu4BI4LboeY9aehkp4VE6vJ8; Received: from [38.101.33.69] (port=51119 helo=[192.168.0.9]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rg7l7-0000mK-Kd for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:38:29 -0600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Subject: Re: [AE] centering shape layer anchor point From: Chris Meyer In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:38:29 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - alpina.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.0.9]) [38.101.33.69]:51119 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 3 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== 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. And to complete that answer, the Info panel will give you a numeric = readout of how much you are offsetting the Free Transform bounding box. Always more than one way, in AE. It comes down to what you're actually = trying to accomplish=85 - Chris > On Dec 28, 2011, at 12:36 PM, scott.aelist wrote: >=20 >> 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? >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to