From: "Chris Zwar" Received: from mail-pf1-f178.google.com ([209.85.210.178] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7499164 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 01:26:47 +0100 Received: by mail-pf1-f178.google.com with SMTP id p14so7530427pfn.4 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:26:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chriszwar-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:mime-version:subject:date:references:to:in-reply-to:message-id; bh=0sE9JPwjtLIadwGFaTviowUnG1TyEUsAPvUUXj6DXYQ=; b=uGzSyMnRcjpfmMvuwzwVv4o2LsxC7lRSSC75kc+QJu/pZoShCKuMOzgTxjp6EmpOIf N+PfPcXaUqZed3CUp+0ldvz3dD1E0BHLeUr7bRZUhlhOhzql9JdfSNPDyGwhgDeKtYkb o+6lvJIqu5A7rgGdNaUdYVDX17vSv6vwkXhWDPLoDDjkWU/IgQq1S+uFQGn38F1N/hVR R2dHev9YjeZ3T+ra64464Dhoc/aj7aTOLB84NGrLJ3huOzpLZXy5cZsxc7gOpmYmAsiS cJEzobhwMVrRzQ/2xR9BEer3QcBmQ37mZELky7bBvJ3R3UFXqeiNhUU7FNUNaNf0vzA+ SI2Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:mime-version:subject:date:references:to :in-reply-to:message-id; bh=0sE9JPwjtLIadwGFaTviowUnG1TyEUsAPvUUXj6DXYQ=; b=tjKmODmz+CJomAef/tSjYVEky9u+B3bXH3zXU/Uj8o6hcSsEHsp9Lwg3o5/DAODEyJ xIs1KfECQI59nWqaut6pEK4EvVT5ZWlkXTW6fcyR+2BKw1d+mDHbp3lr8c6XyurPJLlS dkTuQ4yvv/HepbG1ONs9MB+pKVluWzBRhxZbSEbyDLQPt5hzlXB8WqqDNZvVaWqKOW+k KjRwOWO/3cCSNPWeC1zYGY4Dr3ZlVmTX/aeCoJ9JI9vkZxAfTI21iGReI3AgK9HGpnZF 8ywHsayUj5YOZ/7lYsOCLwX7W0H682RyPZcGODAA5f4SCiBejokgOZpGSNlV5zPVp4P/ 4Q3Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUD+cDjQmlPdcvmDeQhTDSZWaJQZt9fEPqqX64vsutx8WXv+fSc qgmZMTK+vMaBZPNuIGdOc0e/+xJYDXw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxKsRH9nyD6u/NgWq5JS1B8s8ypK8XMyD3q5uFmXOe/WLrJNLHjrjbTdVXz3mVON8zDN6Q3ew== X-Received: by 2002:a62:ddd0:: with SMTP id w199mr6410964pff.1.1580257604995; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:26:44 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.141] ([210.8.181.146]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u12sm190364pfm.165.2020.01.28.16.26.43 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:26:44 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_D087E82E-9BD9-4729-B035-90B7F3CF22E0" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Lock Transforms Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:26:41 +1100 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) --Apple-Mail=_D087E82E-9BD9-4729-B035-90B7F3CF22E0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I can understand this too, because locking a layer is too restrictive. = If a layer is locked, you can=E2=80=99t click on it and use keyboard = shortcuts to reveal effects and other transform properties - even just = to look at them. It=E2=80=99s so 2nd nature to click on a layer and = press =E2=80=98e=E2=80=99 to see the effects, or =E2=80=98p=E2=80=99 to = show it=E2=80=99s position. If it=E2=80=99s locked you can=E2=80=99t do = that. So are you proposing that you can lock the transform properties only? = You could extend this feature request to be able to lock individual = aspects of a layer, and not the entire layer itself. You could lock the = effects but not transforms, for example=E2=80=A6 or just lock the masks. = It would be less frustrating that the current lock feature. Go ahead, request it: = https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911311-after-effects = -Chris > On 29 Jan 2020, at 11:01 am, Tim Sassoon = wrote: >=20 > Th entire time I=E2=80=99ve used After Effects (quite a while), I=E2=80=99= ve wanted a check box to lock transforms on a layer, so that when I = started getting tired and suddenly realize that I=E2=80=99ve been = holding the arrow key down for the past thirty seconds, I=E2=80=99m not = sending my base layer into outer space. >=20 >=20 > Tim Sassoon > Venice, CA >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_D087E82E-9BD9-4729-B035-90B7F3CF22E0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 I = can understand this too, because locking a layer is too restrictive. If = a layer is locked, you can=E2=80=99t click on it and use keyboard = shortcuts to reveal effects and other transform properties - even just = to look at them. It=E2=80=99s so 2nd nature to click on a layer and = press =E2=80=98e=E2=80=99 to see the effects, or =E2=80=98p=E2=80=99 to = show it=E2=80=99s position.  If it=E2=80=99s locked you can=E2=80=99t= do that.

So are you = proposing that you can lock the transform properties only?  You = could extend this feature request to be able to lock individual aspects = of a layer, and not the entire layer itself.  You could lock the = effects but not transforms, for example=E2=80=A6 or just lock the masks. =  It would be less frustrating that the current lock = feature.

Go = ahead, request it: https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911311-after-effects

-Chris

On 29 Jan 2020, at 11:01 am, Tim Sassoon <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Th entire time I=E2=80=99= ve used After Effects (quite a while), I=E2=80=99ve wanted a check box = to lock transforms on a layer, so that when I started getting tired and = suddenly realize that I=E2=80=99ve been holding the arrow key down for = the past thirty seconds, I=E2=80=99m not sending my base layer into = outer space.


Tim = Sassoon
Venice, CA






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