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Duplicating Light Movement
I’m trying to duplicate the red lighting effect in:
https://trapcode.com/movies/lux.mov
I have a right side light and it’s movement. I know I can copy the layer. My question is how do I take the movement and have it go in the opposite direction with the same timing?
Reversing the timing wouldn’t work as it would then start from the rear and not the front?
Thanks for the help..
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[Tony Moura] “I have a right side light and it’s movement. I know I can copy the layer. My question is how do I take the movement and have it go in the opposite direction with the same timing? “
You could do this in a couple of different ways.
One might be to automate the process a bit with a 3D Null, attaching the Point of Interest property of both of the lights to the Null’s position, then animating the Null. You could add an offset to the Null position if you don’t want both lights pointing at exactly the same point.
Alternatively, you could duplicate your light, create a new 3D Null, parent the duplicate light to the Null and then change the Null’s scale value to -100,100,100. This would flip the light on the X-axis. You could then delete the 3D Null.
Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA -
Darby,
Would the second solution also rotate the animation key points as well?
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It will flip any positional or rotational keyframes horizontally.
Why don’t you try it out and see if it works for your purposes? It takes literally 5 seconds to do =)
Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA
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