• Adobe After Effects

  After Effects 3D Pivot / Anchor Point

  Posted by Tobi Laaaaaa on June 15, 2017 at 9:36 am

  Moin everybody ☺

  I am working on an project where some graphic elements are “unfolding” similar to some AE unfolding tutorials on Youtube. (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mW7y6QMF2o&t=450s)

  I am not using perfectly shaped triangles. My shapes do look more like polygons and are orientated in different directions meaning they are turning from different axises.

  Here is a short example video I did:
  https://edelmanftp.box.com/s/2e6a3gvdwu8uiyij4eruhourw3g1jrh6

  To achieve this animation I build my lower thirds (the whole shape), sliced it in three different shapes, rotate everything so it can roll over one axis. Then I reassemble everything in a new composition. For all previous steps I worked in pre compositions. As you might figured out already,the whole animation process is getting somehow confusing and is not very precise.

  Does anyone know a way to do this more efficiently or is it possible to just change the orientation of the pivot / anchor point like you can do in 3D programs (e.g. Cinema 4D). Any tricks are more than appreciated…

  Thank you very much and have a nice week.
  Tobi

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  Richard Garabedain replied 9 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Walter Soyka

  June 15, 2017 at 7:02 pm

  [Tobi Laaaaaa] “Does anyone know a way to do this more efficiently or is it possible to just change the orientation of the pivot / anchor point like you can do in 3D programs (e.g. Cinema 4D). Any tricks are more than appreciated…”

  I think the easiest way is to create a 3D null object, position it at the seam, rotate it to match, and then use the pickwhip to make the null the parent of your layer.

  Walter Soyka
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  Richard Garabedain

  June 15, 2017 at 7:57 pm

  Reposition anchor point tool can be used to change anchor points of 3d objects as well as 2d and would be very useful for this project.

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