Return-Path: Received: from nk11p99mm-asmtpout005.mac.com ([17.158.233.226] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4785296 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:30:09 +0200 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_8yqblf+1x8tx5wMQHd7YBA)" Received: from [192.168.1.68] ([99.152.153.100]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp995.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-24.01(7.0.4.24.0) 64bit (built Jan 3 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0M7O00FTRS0U4680@nk11p03mm-asmtp995.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:34:08 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855,1.0.260,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-07-24_05:2012-07-24,2012-07-24,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=2 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1207240253 From: Jim Curtis Subject: Re: [AE] orient rotating parented layer to viewer? Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:34:05 -0500 In-reply-to: To: After Effects Mail List References: Message-id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) --Boundary_(ID_8yqblf+1x8tx5wMQHd7YBA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Would Layer>Transform>Auto-Orient Towards Camera work? (I've never used that feature myself.) On Jul 24, 2012, at 5:32 PM, rendernyc wrote: > 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 --Boundary_(ID_8yqblf+1x8tx5wMQHd7YBA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Would Layer>Transform>Auto-Orient Towards Camera work?  (I've never used that feature myself.)


On Jul 24, 2012, at 5:32 PM, rendernyc wrote:

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 <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 facing the viewer (locked to y=0) even while following the circular path in every other way? Expression?

Thanks,

James


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