Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity Forums Adobe After Effects Expressions Linking paths of Shape object.

  • Linking paths of Shape object.

    Posted by Andrew Ross on June 18, 2015 at 3:11 pm

    Hi there.

    I’m on a job where there will be a large output. To make changes easier down the line, is there a way of linking the path of one shape object to the path of another shape object so that I would only need to alter the path of one of the shape objects and it will alter the rest.

    Thanks in advance
    Andy

    Andrew Ross replied 11 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • Dan Ebberts

    June 18, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    You can just use the pick whip to connect one path to the other. You’ll end up with something like this:

    thisComp.layer(“Shape Layer 1”).content(“Shape 1”).content(“Path 1”).path

    Dan

  • Andrew Ross

    June 18, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    Oh so it does! Apologies for that. I jumped the gun too soon I guess. I tried it within the comp I had at the time, that exact thing, pick-whipping one shape path to the other and it didn’t work but i’ve just tried it in a fresh comp with only two layers and it worked fine, should have done that initially. Sorry for being a total doosh but thanks for your help anyhow.

    A

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy