Return-Path: Received: from [69.56.166.3] (HELO gateway16.websitewelcome.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4576286 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:31:13 +0100 Received: by gateway16.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id C9B9679FCB8F8; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:37:41 -0600 (CST) Received: from ham03.websitewelcome.com (ham.websitewelcome.com [173.192.100.229]) by gateway16.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5B979FCB8D8 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:37:41 -0600 (CST) Received: by ham03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 666) id BA726C1FD1924; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:37:41 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ham03.websitewelcome.com X-Spam-Flag2999: NO X-Spam-Level2999: X-Spam-Status2999: "No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by ham03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71B3AC1FD18DC for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:37:41 -0600 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=crishdesign.com; h=Received:From:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:To:References:Message-Id: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=HfjHiOjBwINvjAo830RwqOV2eUY0VAAxKsMaVyPeQVq7WeH8jGhwIjtlB4Opbn8aqDGmm9g7MEPJVzAyLuAiqIfxvNB2ca8AphJiTrZ6nqWB6yiDGzNSENGvqYMsSCt0; Received: from [38.101.33.69] (port=54325 helo=[192.168.0.9]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RgTHo-0003ZG-PV for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:37:40 -0600 From: Chris Meyer Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8F34BD7A-0069-4A80-AA0D-D974D1542C8F" Subject: Re: [AE] centering shape layer anchor point Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:37:39 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <1F1A3AE6-8189-4BEB-9304-7818BCB73F17@crishdesign.com> 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]:54325 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== --Apple-Mail=_8F34BD7A-0069-4A80-AA0D-D974D1542C8F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Unfortunately, there currently is no "print format" for PVC articles. = However, the site is due for a complete overhaul next year, and that's = certainly on the wish list. have a great 2012 - Chris On Dec 29, 2011, at 8:18 PM, Enrique Gamez wrote: > Thanks for your articles, Chris! Is there a way to print them out or = save them as PDF w/o the ads so I may read them when not near WiFi? > -enrique >=20 >=20 > From: Chris Meyer > Reply-To: After Effects Mail List > Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:13:00 -0700 > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: Re: [AE] centering shape layer anchor point >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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_f= rom_illustrator_to_after_effects/ >=20 > good luck - > Chris >=20 >=20 > 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 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_8F34BD7A-0069-4A80-AA0D-D974D1542C8F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
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Chris


On Dec 29, = 2011, at 8:18 PM, Enrique Gamez wrote:

Thanks for your articles, = Chris!  Is there a way to print them out or save them as PDF w/o = the ads so I may read them when not near = WiFi?
-enrique


From: = Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>
Reply-To: After Effects Mail List = <AE-List@media-motion.tv>Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 = 21:13:00 -0700
To: After = Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>Subject: Re: [AE] centering = shape layer anchor point

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:

good luck = -
Chris


On Dec 28, = 2011, at 12:36 PM, scott.aelist wrote:

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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