[Andy]
[Stephen Smith] “They added a feature to Motion 5 that should do what you want with a Rig.”
That has absolutely nothing to do with parenting and doesn’t apply to M4 either.
That is to bad.
[Andy]
[Stephen Smith] “The only thing I can think of trying is the Link Behavior but this won’t be easy like After Effects. ”
There’s nothing hard or convoluted about it if you know what you’re doing. In fact it’s even EASIER when it comes to fine tuning the link, since you need to know and understand Expressions in AE to do that, which can hardly be considered “easier” by any stretch of the imagination.
And one would also have to DEFINE “parenting” first to even know what it is he needs, since a simple GROUP could suffice (something AE doesn’t have btw).
In AE parenting is super easy, it is just a mater of utilizing one step. No expressions needed to create this video I did that heavily relied on parenting: https://vimeo.com/53901807
At the end of the day you can argue about which program is better but it is a wast of time in my oppion. I have built cool stuff with both programs, they should have a label on the program that says “talent not include”. It is up to the user to make things look good.
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