• Adobe After Effects

  Parenting

  Posted by Stig Olsen on May 23, 2013 at 10:22 am

  Hi,

  I have parented a bunch of layers to a null object.
  Now I want to parent only a few of those layers to a new null object.
  Is this possible?

  Stig

  John Cuevas replied 13 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Cuevas

  May 23, 2013 at 11:58 am

  If you are asking if one object can have 2 parents, the answer is no.

  You can can daisy chain parents though. For instance 3 items may be parented to Null 1 and 10 items parented to Null 2. Then Null 1 is parented to Null 2. This way if you only want to those 3 items to move, you just move Null 1. But if you want everything to move you move Null 2.

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  Thinkck.com

  “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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  Stig Olsen

  May 23, 2013 at 12:01 pm

  Perfect, thanks!
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  John Cuevas

  May 27, 2013 at 5:26 pm

  Glad I could help.

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  Thinkck.com

  “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
  —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

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