• Adobe After Effects

  anchor point

  Posted by Heather Crank on June 18, 2007 at 10:46 pm

  Hello,

  I have an illustrator file that I brought into AE. I need this file to rotate in a precise circle, but when I do this the rotation isn’t even/centered. So my guess is that the anchor point is off. Is there a way to figure out the exact center and a way to position to anchor point there so it won’t move?

  THANK YOU!

  Heather

  Heather Crank replied 18 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Mark

  June 18, 2007 at 11:19 pm

  I would use the rulers and guides. If you bring guides to the edges of the circles, you can then use math and the rulers to figure out that point. There is probably an easier way, but I don’t know it…

  Mark
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  Heather Crank

  June 18, 2007 at 11:30 pm

  Thanks Mark, That’s what I thought.

  Heather
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  Darby Edelen

  June 18, 2007 at 11:57 pm

  You could try this expression on the anchor point:

  
x = width / 2;
y = height / 2;
[x, y]


  This will put it in the exact center of the layer.

  Darby Edelen
  DVD Menu Artist
  Left Coast Digital
  Aptos, CA
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  Heather Crank

  June 19, 2007 at 6:09 am

  Thanks Darby,

  I’ll give that a shot!

  Heather

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