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Move in an arc motion from one position to another
I’ve been trying to get a layer to move from one position to another position in a semi circle motion. Does any one have any tips for this? For example I have a layer at 100,100 in x,y and the second position is at 1300,1300. I would like the an expression that moves the layer from point A to point B in an arc motion over a period of time. The reason why I don’t just use a motion path is because the second,and then third, fourth position will be random. Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
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It depends on the details, but it could look like this:
p1 = [100,100];
p2 = [1300,1300];
dur = 1;center = (p1+p2)/2;
r = length(p1,p2)/2;
p0 = p1-center;
a0 = Math.atan2(p0[1],p0[0]);
a = a0 + linear(time,inPoint,inPoint + dur,0,Math.PI);
center + [Math.cos(a),Math.sin(a)]*r;Dan
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Thank you Dan, thats perfect! I’m going to try and understand the math behind it for future use.
Cheers
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