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  • Scaling multiple objects keeping them in their centers

    Posted by Andrea Tangredi on November 28, 2018 at 10:42 pm

    Hello, let’s say multiple circles in my composition and that these circles are positioned to form another shape, let’s say a square.

    Is there a way to scale all the circles keeping them anchored to their center points?

    I know that if I press S and adjust the scale manually I can achieve this, but I would like to use NULL levels so I can control the scale of everything with just one slider.

    Let me know if you have any suggestion and if the request is clear enough!

    Thank you

    Max Haller replied 7 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Max Haller

    November 29, 2018 at 3:24 pm

    Well if the circles are shape layers, you should be able to twirl down menus into Content>Ellipse 1>Ellipse Path 1>Size. Then open the scale property in the null and try just pick whipping the Ellipse Path Size to the Null scale. That’ll set the size of the circle in pixels to whatever the scale of the null is. Doing it like this should scale each circle from its own anchor point instead of scaling the shape layer from the center of comp.

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