numerical adjustments of paths?

[Walter Soyka]

Try the “Create nulls from path” script that’s included with Ae:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/animating-shape-paths-masks.html#CreateNullsfromPathspanel

This will give you a set of nulls that control each of the points on your path, so you easily access their position parameters, set up a parent to manipulate scale, apply expression, etc.

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[Bart Stevens]

Thanks Walter, that’s a good idea. I just recently discovered that feature… it’s very useful..
My thoughts are more while working with Illustrator and After Effects. I know Illustrator will allow you to do this for scale and position for points and path shapes. I think I just need to emphasize a workflow where my AE and Illustrator projects synced up in composition/canvas size. That way I can create specific vector paths in Illustrator and copy over. Previously I wouldn’t have my Illustrator and AE projects the same canvas size, and I would need to adjust size in AE, (which gets difficult with multiple paths on multiple layers).
Thanks again for the feedback….