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Multiple anchor points clutter view
I’m adjusting the anchor point of a composition and keyframing. As I do this to successive frames, each previous anchor point stays on the screen and makes it more and more difficult to see.
Can I do something so that only the single frame I’m adjusting is visible on screen, and not the entire “path” (if that’s the right word).
Thanks,
Mike
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5 Replies
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Do you mean you’re adjusting the position? There I see a little x for each keyframe.
Anchor Point doesn’t do that for me (on AE6.5, maybe it’s on the newer versions).
Zoom in, Alt >, or use a little scroll wheel if you have one.
Why the minute adjustments? Just curious.
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If they are for position keyframes you can remove them from the screen, yet maintain them in the timeline, by trimming the layer with Alt [ or Alt ]. Say you have 20 keyframes for position and you don’t want to see the 19 little x’s on the screen just before the point you’re at. Go back a frame and Alt [, to trim the layer to that point… the little x’s disappear from the screen, but the keyframes remain in the timeline.
When your done with all your frame by frame changes go back and restore the layer, Home puts you at the beginning of the comp, or just manually go to where the layer’s original inPoint was, the hit Alt [ and the layer is restored to it’s original inPoint… little x’s on the screen and all.
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There’s also a setting somewhere to only show x previous position keyframes in the composition. I believe the default is 15. I don’t have AE in front of me right now, so I couldn’t say for sure.
Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA -
I answered your question about the minute adjustments, mostly, in the other thread. If I left anything thing out, it’s this: I have to move the anchor point to align it with the neck of a stick figure, and then I have to change the position to put it “back in place”.
So, whether or not the path comes from moving the position or the anchor point, the problem is the same.
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You can use the Pan Behind tool to move the anchor point while maintaining the layer’s position in comp/world space.
Just select the Pan Behind tool (shortcut is Y) click the anchor point and drag.
Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA
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