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  • Move layer quickly to mouse position

    Posted by Stefan Zerdzinski on February 28, 2018 at 12:18 pm

    Hi all,

    Does anyone know of any method or plugin that allows you to quickly move a layer to the mouse position.
    For example our client often uses text that has loads of lightbulbs on each letter.
    I’ve created a method for getting randomly flashing flares on each one but it is a pain to position each layer by hand over each lightbulb as there can sometimes be hundreds of layers to position.

    It would be really useful if I could select the flare layer, hold down a key, click on the position I want that layer to be and the layer moves / snaps automatically to that position.

    Does this sort of action ring any bells for anyone?

    Richard Garabedain replied 8 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Richard Garabedain

    February 28, 2018 at 8:01 pm

    technically i think i did just see a plugin that might help..paint and stick…but its $99. you could create nulls then parent things to them then zero them out. but that probably wont save you much time

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