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Transforming a still
In Photoshop, I can select a layer, hit CTRL-T (for Transform) then while holding my CTRL key down, I can grab a corner handle and move it around without affecting the other corners. I can do this with any of the handles as long as I’m holding the CTRL key down. This allows me greater control over the skewing, scale, rotation, whatever.
How can I do the same in AE?
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My AE isn’t open right now but you could just move the Anchor Point to one corner of your still.
That’s one way of doing it.
Justin Productions
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I had the same situation a while back. I used “Basic 3D” to get around it. It does not have the control like Photoshop has with holding cntl on a transformation, but I can get something close to what I am looking for.
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Unfortunately I don’t think that will work. I have a motion background that is of, what looks like yellow sticky notes that are falling, tumbling and others that are going up. I had this crazy idea of putting a picture on each, but that means I have to be able to adjust the images frame by frame. And Basic 3D just doesn’t lend itself to the same type of fluidity that the transform + CTRL key allows in Photoshop.
I’ll have to find a different background, one that is straight forward frames type that just move on a flat plane as opposed to tumbling like this one.
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If I understand you correctly, I think you have many options; Bezier Warp, CC Power Pin, Corner Pin, Mesh Warp, Reshape, Transform, Warp etc. I’m sure there are more too.
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[Dave LaRonde] “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m going to guess that this is one of your early forays into After Effects. If it is, you need to alter your thinking about AE.”
That would be hitting the nail square on the head. Yes, AE is new to me. I’m more of a Photoshop/Premiere guy, however I’ve quickly come to the realization that a lot of my time spent in Premier can be solved by using AE for a lot of what I’m doing (or attempting to do) in Premiere.
So yes, having just acquired AE, I’m on a steep learning curve and hopefully smooth out some of the nasty bumps in my production workflow.
Thanks for the books suggestion, I’ll look into them.
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