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Anchor point fundamentals - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects CC 2022 Essential Training
Anchor point fundamentals
- [Instructor] Each layer in After Effects has what's called the anchor point. It's a spot on the layer that tells After Effects from what point it can scale and rotate, as well as where in the comp the layer is positioned. In this 02 comp I've got several layers here that make up this foliage, and if we select all the leaves, you'll notice that here in the middle, we've got all the anchor points. And that really isn't where the point of articulation is. They should be centered along the main stem or trunk of the plant. So let's zoom out. And to demonstrate, I'll hit S on the keyboard, and you can see that if I scale all these things down, this isn't really growing right from the proper spot on the leaf. And likewise with rotation, each of these leaves are rotating around its center, rather than from the base of the leaf. Let's undo all that, and let's switch to comp 03. And here I've adjusted all the anchor…
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Understanding keyframe interpolations5m 43s
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Adding and adjusting keys5m 23s
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Using the Graph Editor: Speed6m 44s
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Using the Graph Editor: Value5m 14s
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Altering speeds with time remapping6m 33s
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Anchor point fundamentals4m 44s
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Parenting6m 22s
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Using expressions to loop animation5m 54s
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Essential Graphics panel6m 40s
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