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    constraining a layer to a portion of the screen?

    Posted by Stan Weiss on March 15, 2006 at 11:03 pm

    I have placed 4 video clips on my comp screen so that each takes one quarter of the comp window…now i would like to zoom in (or scale) any of the individual clips but keep it restrained to its one quarter of the screen and not have it encroach on the other layers…
    any recommendations on the easiest or best way to do this?
    thanks
    stan

    Ryan Hill replied 20 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • John Dickinson

    March 15, 2006 at 11:29 pm

    Precompose the each clip into individual comp (LAYER > PRECOMPOSE) and do the zoom in the precomp, that way they will maintain their position in the main comp.

    JD

    John Dickinson
    Motionworks
    http://www.motionworks.com.au

  • Stan Weiss

    March 16, 2006 at 1:32 am

    thanks for the tip..working it right now!
    Stan

  • Ryan Hill

    March 16, 2006 at 2:38 pm

    Or, you can duplicate the layer and use it as an alpha track-matte on the layer you’re zooming in on.

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