Return-Path: Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net ([207.145.128.243] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4785328 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:39:05 +0200 Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.50]) by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 229E0A70BA1 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:43:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 8819 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2012 22:43:04 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 20760, pid: 16661, t: 1.2828s scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:10739 spam: 3.0.4 Received: from c-67-185-28-214.hsd1.wa.comcast.net (HELO jamess-mac-pro.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) (albion@[67.185.28.214]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 24 Jul 2012 22:43:03 -0000 From: James Culbertson Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_503FF8B8-BADD-464C-BCFA-142B2025E85F" Subject: Re: [AE] orient rotating parented layer to viewer? Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:42:57 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on mail6.sea5 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=8.0 tests=HTML_40_50,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.0.4 --Apple-Mail=_503FF8B8-BADD-464C-BCFA-142B2025E85F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Parenting appears to defeat auto-orient. James On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > Would Layer>Transform>Auto-Orient Towards Camera work? (I've never = used that feature myself.) >=20 >=20 > On Jul 24, 2012, at 5:32 PM, rendernyc wrote: >=20 >> one thing you can do is place a null where your layer is and parent = that null to your main null >>=20 >> then you can use an expression to to link the layer to the position = of the child null. this way it will never rotate >>=20 >> 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=3D0) even while following the = circular path in every other way? Expression? >>=20 >> Thanks, >>=20 >> James >>=20 >>=20 >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> --=20 >> danny princz >>=20 >> exposedideas.com >=20 --Apple-Mail=_503FF8B8-BADD-464C-BCFA-142B2025E85F Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Parenting appears to defeat auto-orient.

James


On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Jim Curtis wrote:

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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