Hi Dan,

Here is what I ended up with to adjust for hand anchor position versus where I will attach his rappelling rope to the null. Also used the same basic expression for the top hand.

Thank you,

Mac

/* Left Hand xPosition */

L1 = comp(“rappeller”).layer(“man hand lf”);

p1 = L1.toComp(L1.anchorPoint);

L2 = thisComp.layer(“rappeller”);

p2 =…

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Thank you Dan. I will give it a try. The one thing you recognized that escaped me was the need to anchor the relative positions within the rappeller precomp. His composition is 1200 x 804px and the comp he is imported into is 1200 x 2400 so the rappeller precomp exists at 20% scale.

See attached rappeller man comp.

As always, so appreciative of…

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I want to connect/select the xPosition, yPosition of animated character’s hand layer within a nested comp using a null in my overall composition. So, when the character in the nested comp moves his hands, the null moves in sync and position. See diagram.

Upstream Comp within is called “rappeller”. Containing comp of “rappeller” is called…

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It worked perfectly.

Dan, Thank you for the concept. I will study it, learn from it, try it. I read your post on time control in your blog which was also most educational, particularly in reference to the easing aspects of the range.

I have spent days researching this:

I have a circle with 40 numbers (years 1984 through 2024) equally distributed around its perimeter.

I can keyframe this circle of numbers to:

Rotate -9 degrees for 12 keyframes;

Stop and hold rotation for 24 keyframes;

Then repeat from last rotation value to continue 360º of the 40 numbers.

I am using a null as the…

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