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  • DropShadow and Directional Blur to reverse orientation to path

    Posted by Pedro Amaral on July 4, 2018 at 10:16 am

    Hi,

    I have an animated solid with orient to path.
    A copy of this solid has a Drop Shadow / Directional Blur effects, is there an expression that could read the orientation to path of the solid and reverse it? As if this solid is leaving a trail behind.

    Any input will be much appreciated.

    Thanks in advance!

    Dan Ebberts replied 8 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Dan Ebberts

    July 4, 2018 at 12:53 pm

    Something like this will give you the angle of the X axis of your layer within the comp, but I’m not sure if helps do what you want:

    v = toCompVec([1,0,0]);
    radiansToDegrees(Math.atan2(v[1],v[0]))

    Dab

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