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  Position of two layers linked – but y value on second layer locked

  Posted by Artur Jurzyk on July 27, 2015 at 12:20 pm

  Hi
  I guess I have very simple problem.. but I couldn’t goggle it

  There are two layers. One is an object, a second one is a shadow of this object.

  “object” layer have wiggler on x,y and I would like to link “shadow” layer to the position of an “object” layer but only in “X” axis or in other words link position but lock/fix Y value

  thank you! 🙂

  Artur Jurzyk replied 11 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Artur Jurzyk

  July 27, 2015 at 2:57 pm

  OK, so I separated x,y values on timeline (right click on position and then separate dimensions!!!) so maybe it will be helpful for someone.
  for me it is new little coll feature I learned today 😉

  anyway I’m sure you can lock value by expression, and I,m very curious how it goes
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  Dan Ebberts

  July 27, 2015 at 3:51 pm

  I think this is what you’re after:

  x = thisComp.layer(“object”).transform.position[0];
  [x,value[1]]

  Dan
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  Artur Jurzyk

  July 27, 2015 at 4:17 pm

  yes thank you! 🙂

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