• Adobe After Effects

  Return actual Rotation from a layer Auto-Oriented along path

  Posted by Mikael Holmström on June 30, 2016 at 7:17 pm

  Hi all,

  I would like to inherit the actual Rotation value from a layer that is Auto-Oriented along a path onto the rotation property of another layer. I would like this to happen with a small delay. I have tried:

  thisComp(layer(”Auto-Oriented_layer”).transform.rotation.valueAtTime(time-i))

  but it doesn’t consider the rotation that is caused by the Auto-Orientation mode.

  Thanks,
  Mikael

  Mikael Holmström replied 10 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Kalleheikki Kannisto

  June 30, 2016 at 8:27 pm

  This Dan Ebberts expression gives you the rotation value, just need to modify it with valueAtTime()

  L = thisComp.layer("Auto-Oriented_layer");
v = L.toWorldVec([1,0]);
radiansToDegrees(Math.atan2(v[1],v[0]))
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  Mikael Holmström

  June 30, 2016 at 9:06 pm

  Thank you. Do you have an idea where to put the ValueAtTime() to make it work?
• 

  Walter Soyka

  June 30, 2016 at 9:52 pm

  toWorldVec takes time as an optional second parameter.

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  Mikael Holmström

  June 30, 2016 at 9:55 pm

  It works like magic, thanks!

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