Return-Path: Received: from mail-vc0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4824404 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:05:04 +0200 Received: by vcbfl10 with SMTP id fl10so2873292vcb.28 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:05:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=r7RaCaa8pWl4pl0hEVf5zwFgmKRlHsxeBIltgd/oFeY=; b=Vs+PimCNEGHG13uzXI1XKL8bHOMZyfkto5qV2fqNeBh/WKVIxRS8GPf11fADj3kt4P 5XHXlYdiK2zs0wj75LFq0O8dne4OkY9k5RMxQmnrGSa7VfSOsoUOoOUnj2zoPs9BvVv1 gDY1niwuhmVB3Tr1vm3HOiNvaphX+njkYYpSxnybSb5JypVScmqWnJ+opTwGaDng/JFF yVVQi1aPxBtY7KpVtOInvALqNebaloVX/7nSTOCn3Zuuc5CK7pne4yhBzvdaV++B8x12 rpVHC2Ay0elZ8dxXidzG+rDhun/gIkH44qRPOwbVK8qVZZ3OKwmRB8Yr14SI7JtaeDAo hbLQ== Received: by 10.220.240.5 with SMTP id ky5mr5267212vcb.57.1345860343892; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:05:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hedczech@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.164.228 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:05:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: "scott.aelist" Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:05:03 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: xUE7mmkn0lJ6iEM6O8r_26en6Wo Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] reset anchor point relative to position on screen? To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9cdc68bb70a0704c80d87b0 --14dae9cdc68bb70a0704c80d87b0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hey Chris, that did the trick! I applied that expression. Baked the anchorpoints. Then reset the position of all my layers to [0,0,0]. Worked like a charm. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: > ...and I realised that I missed the bit about not using nulls. > > You might be able to get an expression to work on the anchor point of each > layer: > > fromComp([thisComp.width/2,thisComp.height/2]) > > ...but not sure this will do what you want. > > -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Kopriva [mailto:kopriva@adobe.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 09:28 AM > To: 'After Effects Mail List' > Subject: Re: [AE] reset anchor point relative to position on screen? > > Ah. Chris's answer made me realize that I misunderstood the question. Oops. > > ________________________________________ > From: After Effects Mail List [AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of > Chris Zwar [chris@chriszwar.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:26 PM > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: Re: [AE] reset anchor point relative to position on screen? > > The easiest way to do this is to parent everything to a null which is at > the centre of your comp. > > -Chris > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 15/08/2012, at 9:24 AM, Todd Kopriva wrote: > > > Have you tried the Align panel? > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: After Effects Mail List [AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of > scott.aelist [scott.aelist@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:20 PM > > To: After Effects Mail List > > Subject: [AE] reset anchor point relative to position on screen? > > > > Suppose I have a large number of layers populating my comp (let's say > coins on a table). I want to set the anchor point for each of these coins > layers to be the center of the comp. So for example, if I rotated each > layer individually, it would rotate around the center of the comp. (I don't > actually plan to rotate them, but I do need them to have their anchorpoint > centered to the comp). Is there any easy way to do this (aside from by hand > or using nulls?) > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --14dae9cdc68bb70a0704c80d87b0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey Chris,
that did the trick! I applied that expression. Baked the anc= horpoints. Then reset the position of all my layers to [0,0,0]. Worked like= a charm.


On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:3= 4 PM, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote:
...and I realised that I missed the bit abou= t not using nulls.

You might be able to get an expression to work on the anchor point of each = layer:

fromComp([thisComp.width/2,thisComp.height/2])

...but not sure this will do what you want.

-Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Kopriva [mailto:kopriva@ado= be.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 09:28 AM
To: 'After Effects Mail List'
Subject: Re: [AE] reset anchor point relative to po= sition on screen?

Ah. Chris's answer made me realize that I misunderstood the question. O= ops.

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From: After Effects Mail List [A= E-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Chris Zwar [chris@chriszwar.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:26 PM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] reset anchor point relative to position on screen?<= br>

The easiest way to do this is to parent everything to a null which is at th= e centre of your comp.

-Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On 15/08/2012, at 9:24 AM, Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com> wrote:

> Have you tried the Align panel?
>
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> Subject: [AE] reset anchor point relative to position on screen?
>
> Suppose I have a large number of layers populating my comp (let's = say coins on a table). I want to set the anchor point for each of these coi= ns layers to be the center of the comp. So for example, if I rotated each l= ayer individually, it would rotate around the center of the comp. (I don= 9;t actually plan to rotate them, but I do need them to have their anchorpo= int centered to the comp). Is there any easy way to do this (aside from by = hand or using nulls?)

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