Return-Path: Received: from mail-vb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4785291 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:28:15 +0200 Received: by vbkv13 with SMTP id v13so62688vbk.28 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:32:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=CS7yiUrGwvQNEIt56w4G7kl7IMW83wUJlm9aZg93yN8=; b=hVlqc8dxeOJX2x30i+PQACV5uEJPSESC2tp+/hc7Evv0BgGJtzxUnD5ME6yNpieqiY JMDd6zH9HlYgxBEmikVi2Y8kotaKZxYCIMYF3vz3mHitcKvXSqp9s1fD8uxCCa+xXxif AfYvEE/KbW1ZnfB2RNiWoNSbjk4j62fXY+hCBVfxHporMCy4PS96Y/MsCW7v4CWmZmls hNs9fMD8RkpZGZWXyjibqb1HIeBCF9PZDY9ziVi4/Rh7bIYvcDMeWSeclKM1Yu6u+T/n ZyRkhIFpcJvdMt36IRwqahEQXHfuggd58aSs5GyL/im5j89xU19L3wOp2MUW7HZJMM/Q wA2A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.223.201 with SMTP id il9mr16700006vcb.64.1343169134212; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:32:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.18.201 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:32:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:32:14 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] orient rotating parented layer to viewer? From: rendernyc To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9cdc47f1e36f004c59aefd6 --14dae9cdc47f1e36f004c59aefd6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 one thing you can do is place a null where your layer is and parent that null to your main null then you can use an expression to to link the layer to the position of the child null. this way it will never rotate On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:16 PM, James Culbertson wrote: > I have 4 layers rotating about a null on a circular path in 3D space. The > 4 layers are parented to the null. How do I keep the layers y rotation > facing the viewer (locked to y=0) even while following the circular path in > every other way? Expression? > > Thanks, > > James > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- danny princz exposedideas.com --14dae9cdc47f1e36f004c59aefd6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable one thing you can do is place a null where your layer is and parent that nu= ll to your main null

then you can use an expression to to link the l= ayer to the position of the child null. this way it will never rotate

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:16 PM, James Culb= ertson <albion@speakeasy.net> wrote:

I have 4 layers rotating about a null on a circular path in 3D space. The 4= layers are parented to the null. How do I keep the layers y rotation facin= g the viewer (locked to y=3D0) even while following the circular path in ev= ery other way? Expression?

Thanks,

James

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