• Adobe After Effects

  Placing a bunch of comps on a percise triangular grid

  Posted by Dor Peer on October 28, 2014 at 5:19 pm

  Hello!
  I want to place many copies of the same pre-comp on a precise triangular grid.
  Here is a visual example:
  

  Is there a way to do it precisely? They don’t have to do anything special but the initial placement should be precise.

  Walter Soyka replied 11 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jeff Salman

  October 28, 2014 at 9:20 pm

  Hi dor peer,

  What is the graphic in the precomp that you’re trying to place? B/c – in my mind – the correct approach will depend on what is in that precomp. For ex., in the visual example you gave, if the precomp is one of those dots, then I would do it differently than if the precomp is a triangle made up of three of those dots.

  Let me know and I’ll see if I can help. And maybe you can post a pic of the precomp … that may help in figuring out exactly what you’re trying to do.
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  Dor Peer

  October 29, 2014 at 9:02 am

  The precomp is made of a single dot resembling a small light
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  Walter Soyka

  October 29, 2014 at 6:25 pm

  You could use a grid arrangement script:
  https://aescripts.com/layers2grid/
  https://aescripts.com/gridder/

  You may have to select every other row and offset them.

  Walter Soyka
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