[John Martin]

here’s my technique, lemme know if you like it and i record a tutorial on how to achieve it with any word you desire!

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[John Martin]

Hey Stephen, the frustration is close to an end! Send me the raw footage, i’ll record a custom tutorial showing my own technique to solve stuff like this! I guess you wanna apply stuff like a tattoo to the inner hand, right?

[John Martin]

hey bro! the core issue is that your current expression is interpolating linearly between the layer’s own anchor and the null’s anchor in comp space, but this ignores the direction vector needed for a true perspective extrusion. The repeater positions in AE are local to the shape group, so simply using toComp on the null doesn’t properly account for the layer’s local transforms.

TLDR: each “slice” of extrusion should move along a vector from the layer toward the vanishing point, scaled by depth. Right now, linear(S,0,100,A,B) just blends the X/Y positions directly, which works for orthographic offsets but fails for perspective because the movement should shrink proportionally as it moves toward the vanishing point.

a corrected approach in would look like:

n = index; // or repeater index
depth = effect("Chunk Perspective")("Slider")/100;
vp = thisComp.layer("Vanishing Point Null").toComp([0,0]);
lp = toComp(anchorPoint);
dir = vp - lp; // direction vector to vanishing point
offset = dir * depth;
fromComp(lp + offset) - anchorPoint

“dir” ensures each slice points toward the vanishing point.

fromComp(lp + offset) converts back to layer space so the repeater respects group transforms.

You can multiply offset by n to get stacked extrusion layers.

The tricky part is handling repeater vs. group vs. layer anchor points, but this approach gives you a consistent perspective direction.

lemme know if that helps Pete, in case we escalate further!

[John Martin]

i was sure you would’ve like this solution! for any question in the future, don’t hesitate to shoot a dm!

[John Martin]

my pleasure! if you need help with more effects in the future, don’t hesitate to send a dm!

[John Martin]

This will work

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[John Martin]

here’s the project file, take your time to study it and iterate from it on your own!

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[John Martin]

here’s the project file, take your time to study it and iterate from it on your own!

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[John Martin]

sounds good, waiting for your video

[John Martin]

My pleasure! As soon as i get back home i will send you the aep file so you can study it! keep an eye on this thread