How to get the rotation data of a 3D auto-orientation layer

[Dan Ebberts]

Hmmm… I think you might need to clarify what it is exactly you want to convert to 2D. The 3D layer could have any orientation in 3D space. What aspect of that translates to your desired 2D rotation?

Dan

[Reuben Lara]

yes good point. specifically, just grabbing the Z rotation would be enough in my case.

[Dan Ebberts]

Maybe I’m over-thinking this, but Z rotation in reference to what?

[Reuben Lara]

After your comment about what exactly i wanted to convert I did some tinkering with the relationship between my 2D layer and my 3D layer and realised that there are too many arbitrary scenarios to be able to account for with a script. My client needs to export 2D AE layers as XML into Final Cut Pro in a way that mimics position, scale and rotation in FCP, accounting for custom eases etc. I’ve got a whole Script UI panel working surprisingly consistently for 90% of possible scenarios. But i think the “match 2D position and rotation to 3D path auto-orient orientation” might be asking too much for this kind of inter-app translation. Thanks for taking the time to respond either way!