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writing a simple script to set null object anchor point in the center?
Hi everyone, I need some little help here, I’m very new to AE and scripting is unknown territory, however I’m learning by looking at other scripts and reading a lot. However I’m a little stuck here with the anchor point.
I’m trying to write a simple script that adds a null object to a scene and set its size and its anchor point right in the center, so far I got everything I need but the anchor point :\
here is what i got
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var nw = 50;
var nh = 50;
var myNull = myComp.layers.addNull();
myNull.source.name = “My NUll”;
myNull.source.width = nw; // getting this right 🙂
myNull.source.height = nh;
myNull.source.anchorPoint = ???; //I know should be an array for [x,y,z] but I get errors if i try.
myNull.threeDLayer = true;
——————I might be doing this all wrong, I don’t know ahhaha but how do i set the anchor point to be in the center?.
Any help is very much appreciated, thanks
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2 Replies
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Hi Allison,
Just FYI You might get a better response posting this over at the expressions forum.
-Andy George
Senior Editor
http://www.chiselindustries.com -
[Allison Sabelli] “myNull.source.anchorPoint = ???; //I know should be an array for [x,y,z] but I get errors if i try.
myNull.threeDLayer = true;”I’m not familiar with scripting in AE, but I hope I know enough about general programming to help 🙂
I’d say you want to set the layer to be 3D before you attempt to set the anchor point to a 3D vector. A 2D null object may not allow for a 3rd component in the anchor point.
That’s the only thing I can think of from a non-AE scripting specific perspective.
Darby Edelen
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