John Dickinson
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Create a rectangular path around your object in Illustrator, then select it and choose OBJECT > CROP AREA > MAKE. This will create space around the object. I recommend you make this standard practice and if you want your Illustrator layers to be cropped to their individual sizes you can always use the import COMPOSITION AS CROPPED LAYERS option.
Grow Bounds is okay but can be very slow at higher settings.
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John Dickinson
Motionworks
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Reverse the OFFSET keyframes and change the SHAPE from RAMP DOWN to RAMP UP 🙂
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John Dickinson
Motionworks
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The value graph has no handles. There is a work around for accessing the X, Y and Z parameters individually by using the “Separate XYZ Position” animation preset. Type that into the Effects & Presets palette and apply it your layer. It will create 3 Expression Effect sliders that you can adjust individually.
Hope that helps.
JD
John Dickinson
Motionworks
http://www.motionworks.com.au -
The value graph has no handles. There is a work around for accessing the X, Y and Z parameters individually by using the “Separate XYZ Position” animation preset. Type that into the Effects & Presets palette and apply it your layer. It will create 3 Expression Effect sliders that you can adjust individually.
Hope that helps.
JD
John Dickinson
Motionworks
http://www.motionworks.com.au -
How about Parenting? Take a look at Parenting in the Help menu and let us know if that solves your problem.
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John Dickinson
Motionworks
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Make sure the producers discuss the job with you first before committing to the client. I don’t think you’ll find any guidelines on the subject, it’s all about clear communication and managing expectations. There will always be those jobs where you don’t have time to storyboard – we get them all the time but that’s where your skill as a designer and operator come into play. Sometimes you have to come up with an idea quickly, in broadcast television it’s certainly the nature of what we do. But if it’s obviously a crazy deadline you need to make it clear and offer more reasonable solutions.
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John Dickinson
Motionworks
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Lock the present comp then double click a new comp in the Project panel, or choose NEW COMP VIEWER from the Viewer tab menu (the new fangled drop-down).
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John Dickinson
Motionworks
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Considering English is not your first language, it was excellent.
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John Dickinson
Motionworks
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