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  • Shape rotation follow/orient null

    Posted by Tim Nijland on June 27, 2020 at 9:14 am

    Hi,

    I can’t get this to work just when i thought it was a simple one ☺

    I have multiple shapes with the anchor point centered in the middel.
    My goal is, with a null in the center of the comp, that only the shapes rotation follows /orient the null.

    Like when I move the null back in Z space its must be like there is a ‘string’ attach to the null but the positions on the shapes stay the same.

    Many this image will clarify.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/0bxlfsn8gbbu7ar/1.jpg?dl=0

    Hope someone can help!

    Graham Quince replied 6 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Graham Quince

    June 28, 2020 at 12:23 pm

    See if:


    lookAt(fromPoint, atPoint)

    in your shape’s orientation property can help.

    Replace fromPoint with your shape’s position property and the AtPoint to be the null (I don’t think it matters which way round they are.

    http://www.YouTube.com/ShiveringCactus – After Effects Tutorials

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