Friday, May 4, 2012

Animating Using Anchor Point - Motion Control

Here is the racecar lesson that animates the anchor point to allow better scaling and positioning. See section 2 of this lesson. This is for the Motion Control "Ken Burns" effect.

 Steps:

  • Make a new comp 
  • Select the photo in the library
  • Command-"\" (this places the photo in the comp with it centered and the anchor point centered. Dont change the position
  • Double click the layer (this opens the layer in a new window)
  • Position the comp window and the layer window side by side
  • Click stopwatch on Anchor point and Scale
  • In the layer panel, select View: Anchor Point Path
  • Use the arrow tool (not Pan Behind) to drag the Anchor point to the desired position. Just like aiming a camera. Or scrub the Anchor Point or Scale values.

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