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  • After effect: Use anchor point for center of an effect expression

    Posted by James Spadafora on May 16, 2013 at 2:29 pm

    Hello I have an animated object inside of a comp that has a anchor point that I would like to use as the center point for a radial blur.

    the structure is: mapsComp -> myObject -> the anchor point.

    What expression would grab this anchor point. I tried

    thisLayer.layer(2).anchorPoint;

    But that seems to not be working. Any ideas?

    Ridley Walker replied 13 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • John Cuevas

    May 16, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    Why can’t you just pick whip to the anchor point?

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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  • James Spadafora

    May 16, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    Can I do that if I need the value from a nested comp?

  • Ridley Walker

    May 16, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    You can open two Timeline panels, one for each and pick whip between them.

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