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  Moving objects around a mask path

  Posted by Garrett Perkins on February 4, 2016 at 5:27 pm

  I have four objects positioned at various points around a circular mask path. I want them all to move around the mask path. I understand how to copy the path on to the position of a null (control) object and then parent one of the objects to the controller. However if I parent all of the objects to the null they don’t move around the same path. Basically I want each object’s start position to be it’s respective position along the path. What expression do i need to write to make that work?

  Thanks,
  Garrett

  John Cuevas replied 10 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  John Cuevas

  February 4, 2016 at 5:55 pm

  Instead of moving null around the mask path, place the null in the center of your 4 objects, parent the objects to the null, then just rotate the null.

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  ThinkCK

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