[Mike Abbott]

Levi – thanks for your response. I’ve not had much chance to look into this since I originally posted, but at least it’s good to hear that I’m not alone : ) I’m hoping its a bug and will get fixed on the next minor update, but we’ll see.

[Mike Abbott]

Graham, thanks forthe reply. Yes it is odd. I’m a long standing certified AE instructor, so it’s slightly embarrassing I’ve no idea what’s going on : ) I’ve done all the normal stuff – reset prefs, even done a full re-install, but no change. I also see this on two different systems…

However, those systems:

1. Both have multiple versions of AE installed – I’m a trainer.

2. Some of those other versions have a custom set up where common plugins, scripts etc are synced via common folders on Dropbox. This doesn’t apply to the 2022 version with this issue. Earlier versions work as expected.

As I can’t find any general reference to this issue it seems that I’m in the hideous position of being the ‘only one’ with some peculiar set up causing it. Can someone pass me a tissue please…

[Mike Abbott]

Adam,
It is possible to do that general type of move with RW. I’ve done something similar in the past. However it took a lot of fiddling, work with curves in the graph editor, and it was difficult to control.

If I was you I’d be looking at working with the supplied artwork as given – an Illustrator file? – and do something with that directly. Perhaps breaking the logo apart and animating the individual rings in Z depth would give you some interesting ‘visual scaling’ effects.

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[Mike Abbott]

Your text layer
> Text
> More options
> Grouping alignment

Set the second (Y) value as required.

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[Mike Abbott]

by the magic of prestidigitation…

(let’s hope there’s no English language geeks on this forum, or I’ll probably get called out for incorrect usage – but what the heck – it’s my word of the month ; )

How about splitting your layer at the point of ‘ball departure’. The ball disappears with the end of layer one – but seamlessly continues on layer two – which you have unparented and therefore made independent of the DNA. It floats away – and no-one can spot the sleight of hand…

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6th line down:

for (i=1; i <= myLayers.length; i++){

change to:

for (i=1; i <= 100; i++){

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[Mike Abbott]

Dan,
Apologies for the delay in response – but I just wanted to say thanks for your help on this – yes, your solution did work, I was getting tripped up by some other complexities in the project in which I was using it.
It’s all sorted now – and I very much appreciate your help.

Mike

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[Mike Abbott]

Dan,
Many thanks for your contribution – as always.

Your suggestion works OK for the extremes – but doesn’t elsewhere. I’m trying to maintain a matching opacity between the the stack of two ‘A’ shapes and the single ‘B’ shape *throughout* the opacity range from 0 to 100%.

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[Mike Abbott]

I was thinking I would need some ‘curve based’ function.

As the opacity slider value varies so does the relationship between the two layers. That’s the mathematical relationship I’m trying to get my head around.

I suspect the curve will tail off – so it will need to be clamped at either extreme…

Mike

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[Mike Abbott]

Thanks Dan – yes, that makes perfect sense.

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