2D position coordinates of a 3D layer

[Jens Mock]

both propositions get me quite close to what I try to achieve but don’t work properly for me.

I have a 3d-layer (a pre-comped map) with a camera flying around and want a 2d-layer (solid with cc sphere applied to) staying at a certain point on the map from the viewpoint of the active camera.
I somehow managed to apply tracking data to the solid but since it happened with a lot of trying, deleting and retrying I couldn’t figure out how that actually took place. I was even able to reproduce that once more but let me down the third time. 🙂
What surprised me even more was that the data came from a still-image (and no script involved so far)

Anyway, a script would be an even more elegant way of solving my problem but those from Darby and Jan don’t keep the sphere on its place like the tracking points do.

a solution to either one way is highly appreciated; maybe it’s just a tweaking on one of the scripts above but I’m totally blindfolded to do that myself

thx in advance, Jens

[Jens Mock]

hi folks,

I just found the solution to my problem and the above mentioned expression did it, just modified the following:

l = thisComp.layer("My3DLayer"); l.toComp(l.anchorPoint);

replaced the Anchor Point by pigwhipping either the Attach Point or the Feature Center of the trackpoint and that’s it. May seems obvious but it needed some days of rest to let me see it :-}

Jens

[Brad Magnus]

This is a 5 year old problem, but I found it while Googling it for myself. For posterity and whatever it’s worth, you can copy and pasted the x and y coordinates separately. To do so, in the graph editor hit the “Separated Dimensions” button with both layers position revealed. Copy and paste the x and y keyframes. Because they may not exactly line up, use the graph editor to adjust the values by selecting all keyframes, making sure you’re in “Value Edit” view, and lift and lower the keyframes until it lines up.

The guy from Newton, Motion Boutique shows kinda how to do it here: https://vimeo.com/29777019

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[Tommy Dimmel]

paste this in you 2D layers position:

this_comp.layer(“your3Dlayername”).to_comp([0,0])

Wow! It’s been 6 years since you posted this expression, but it’s EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thank you so much!!!