maintain x or y axis while dragging clip

[Bill Davis]

The geometry functions are pretty much a direct port from Motion.

Easiest way within X is to have the inspector open – Select the element you want to move in the storyline – Look for the Transform line in the inspector – click your mouse on the number of the X coordinate and when the two little arrows appear – drag up or down.

The graphic (or whatever) will slide left and right to taste. You also get a numeric display so that if you need to do multiple things or just want to keep even increments, you can simplify your numbers, cut and paste them for other elements, or type in new coordinates.

After a while it’s as easy as clicking and dragging on the picture, but a lot more precise IMO.

Hope that helps.

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[Ricky Dominguez]

Adam, shift and draggin X or Y it working for me, trash preferences.

Ricky Dominguez
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[Jeremy Garchow]

You have to actually grab the “puck” and hold shift as opposed to just grabbing anywhere on the image.

[Jeremy Garchow]

By the way, if you don’t have a puck, hit Shift-t.

Jeremy

[Adam Chesbrough]

Thanks guys. I am just used to repositioning within the window. It would be great if the inspector corresponded automatically to the clip in which the playhead was currently on. That way I wouldn’t have to use the mouse to click on clip, goto inspector and drag the x and y axes.

Ricky, are you saying that you shift drag in the viewer maintains the absolute x and y axes or are you referring to the inspector?

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[Ricky Dominguez]

Take consideration that it only works dragging from the center.

[Bill Davis]

Laughing to myself…

All these countless hours sitting at X and I never knew that Shift T deal.

So much still to explore…

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[Ricky Dominguez]

I am referring to the viewer not the inspector.

[Adam Chesbrough]

Jeremy has the solution! Grabbing the “puck” is the solution. To clarify for everyone the “puck” Jeremy is referring to is the center circle. See below:

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[Jeremy Garchow]

[adam chesbrough] “Thanks guys. I am just used to repositioning within the window. It would be great if the inspector corresponded automatically to the clip in which the playhead was currently on. That way I wouldn’t have to use the mouse to click on clip, goto inspector and drag the x and y axes.”

Well, if your clip is in the Primary Storyline and your playhead is over the clip, simply hit ‘c’ which then selects the clip. Then hit Shift-T. You will now enter the transform “mode”. Grab the puck, hold shift, slide in the direction you want and it will lock on the axis.

If your clip is not in the Primary, simply hover the mouse over the clip you want and hit ‘c’ to select it.

Jeremy