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That ‘PointAt’ expression that was removed years ago – what’s the replacement again?
Huh. That’s quite a coincidence. I just saw the next-oldest-post in this forum was someone re-asking a question that was answered by Dan years ago…I’m in the exact same situation.
Many years ago Adobe got rid of the incredibly useful PointAt expression command, so any layer could be made to rotate to align with anything else. I moaned about this, and Dan Ebberts came to my rescue with a bit of trigonometry to save the day. But I’ve completely forgotten what the expression was, and have been trawling through various fora to find the answer, but most people want stuff more complex, such as camera alignment in 3D space.
I just need the rotation of a layer to be controlled by two points in space. So I have Null1 and Null2, and I want LineLayer to align itself between these nulls. Any suggestions would be VERY welcome!
Thanks in advance!
Paul
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2D? This should give you the angle create by the line from Null 1 to Null 2:
p1 = thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).transform.position;
p2 = thisComp.layer(“Null 2”).transform.position;
d = p2 – p1;
radiansToDegrees(Math.atan2(d[1],d[0]))Dan
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Fantastic as ever, Dan! Thank you – it worked perfectly!
– Paul
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