• Adobe After Effects

  Animating

  Posted by Stephen Lubin on April 26, 2008 at 1:14 am

  Hi,

  I have a cartoonish figure with the arms as 2 separate layers. I want to animate the arms moving up and down, but when I rotate the layer the arm doesn’t stay where it’s supposed to be attached at the shoulder. Instead, the arm rotates as if the hand is the center. How do I rotate the arm so it moves up and down without the end un-attaching from the shoulder?

  Hope I explained it well. Thanks in advance for the help!

  Stephen Lubin replied 18 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Ricks

  April 26, 2008 at 1:48 am

  Use the pan behind tool to move the layer’s anchor point to the shoulder where it should pivot around. You might have to change the initial position of the layer once you do this, but once you get it set up it will work like you want it to.
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  Stephen Lubin

  April 26, 2008 at 3:00 am

  Thank you so much! Works like a charm!

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