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  • rotating one layer around another

    Posted by Dan Danner on August 23, 2009 at 12:12 am

    I’m new to expressions so I could use a little help. Anybody know an expression to rotate one layer 360 around another layer? I saw it done once with the earth and moon as an example. The guy had the moon rotating around the earth without the moon itself rotating. If I can figure this out I plan on using it for a few camera moves.

    Thanks for any help.

    Dan Danner replied 16 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Dan Ebberts

    August 23, 2009 at 5:05 am

    It sounds like you might want to position a null at the center of rotation, position and orient your camera, make the null the parent of the camera and then rotate the null. Does that do what you need?

    Dan

  • Dan Danner

    August 23, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    Thanks for the help Dan. Yeah it does what I need Thanks!

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