• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Another shape vertex question

  Posted by Paul Roper on December 20, 2011 at 12:35 am

  OK – I’ve found quite a few scripts to connect the position of a point to a vertex of a mask, which is great. But is there a way to use an expression to lock a shape vertex to a point? Logic would suggest that if a script can be run to do this, it would be possible to use an expression. What I’d love to do would be something along the lines of my fictional expression here:

  On the shape layer:

  shape.vertex(5)=thisComp.layer(“locator”).transform.position
  shape.inTangent=thisComp.layer(“something else”).transform.position
  shape.outTangent=thisComp.layer(“another thing”).transform.position

  …in an ideal world.

  Any thoughts or suggestions, anyone?

  Thanks!

  Paul

  Paul Roper replied 14 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Ebberts

  December 20, 2011 at 12:41 am

  >is there a way to use an expression to lock a shape vertex to a point?

  No, sorry. It’s been requested many times, but it wouldn’t hurt to add your voice:

  https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

  Dan
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  Paul Roper

  December 20, 2011 at 12:55 am

  Thanks for the quick reply, Dan. I have filled out and filed a feature request. Come on Adobe! Please!

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