Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #45036
From: James Culbertson <albion@speakeasy.net>
Subject: Re: [AE] orient rotating parented layer to viewer?
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:22:31 -0700
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
OK, sorry for the confusion. Works great Dan.

Thanks much,

James


On Jul 24, 2012, at 4:01 PM, James Culbertson wrote:

> Oops, hold on, just realized that the creative director created this in an odd way such that the path rotates on the z axis but the layers rotating are rotating on the y axis. Gotta fix this then try out the expression…
>
> thanks much,
>
> James
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:56 PM, James Culbertson wrote:
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>> Parenting ignores this particular expression.  ?
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> James
>>
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>> On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Dan Ebberts wrote:
>>
>>> Try this:
>>>
>>> value-parent.transform.yRotation
>>>
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: James Culbertson
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:16 PM
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>>> Subject: [AE] orient rotating parented layer to viewer?
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>>> 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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