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3D Layer positioning wierdness
Hey all, I’m not sure if this is a bug or what, but I have a comp with 3D toggled on.
For some reason, if I try to make any adjustment at all, the layer goes flying out of the comp or disappears. This happens if I nudge the layer with arrow keys or use the position properties.
This also happens if I try parenting the layer to a null object and move the null around.
You’ll notice the anchor point is not centered on the layer. Is this what’s causing the issue? Can I move the anchor point without affecting the position properties? Going insane…
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6 Replies
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Is it possible that the layer is super close to the camera? So any movement is sticking it behind the cam? Change the view from active camera to custom view 1, and see where stuff is in 3D space.
If there’s not a cam in scene, maybe adding one (not close to layers) might help?
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No camera in scene! I think it must be some AE weirdness. If I use the arrow key to move the layer, it completely disappears. If I move it back into position with the arrow key, it still remains invisible. The only way to make it reappear is CTRL + Z
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There is usually a reason for so called weirdness. I think moving with arrow keys won’t give you exact values (say if it’s 0.9 to start, you move it 1 unit, then move it back, it’ll move it to an interger, 1. , or some kind of rounding up anyway, but not 0.9) without a cam in scene it could be that the scales are odd, so you could be working in a teeny scene and any movement would be large. So, add a cam and see if you can move the layer. If it still goes missing, I’d suggest starting a new comp, adding a cam, then adding your layer and do what needs to be done. I’ve spent fecking ages looking for a layer in 3D space (usually particular particle layers!) so I’ve learned to help AE where I can and define where I actually want to be looking.
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Ahhhhh, it may be a scaling issue. Some of the graphics are vectors that were imported super small and needed to be scaled up. I bet this is the issue!
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Yer, although I know there’s some kind of logic to scale in AE and imports and what not, I’ll never get my head around it. Report back if you manage to sort it. Fingers crossed it’s an easy fix now!
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It’ll take me a little bit to scale everything appropriately but I will report back.
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