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Hi
Not sure where this all changed, but surely there is a way to attach a parent to a layer and that layer, the child, not - off somewhere else.
Isn't this how it always worked?
I'm sure there is a way to script/expression it, but I just want to attach something to another movement from this specific point
Have I forgotten some basics or is this a change I never noticed?
Tris
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Without knowing anything about your project and comp layout nobody can tell you much. By default of course AE uses a "parent in place" approach and compensates wvalues, but you may be using some expression or effect that messes with this. Conversely, if you use shape layers some rules change due to the group transforms. Impossible to tell. we really need to know more.
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I don't think you do and I find this consistently.
Personally I try to answer what I can, and rarely find having a ton of project specific information useful.
And I am much more interested in general insight rather than asking for help on this one case, as are most other reases of this thread, apart from maybe my client!
You could explain what could cause a parented object to move, or under what circumstances it moves
But anyway...
You sort of answered it anyway, apart from maybe saying "... so make sure you reset anchor points in shape layers" or similar.
or maybe expanding on what "compensates values" really means as the user experience is that nothing has changed, when I guess it has.
I have a text layer
I want to parent it to a shape layer
oh hang on
shape layers don't obey any laws of logic
Maybe that is my wider issue, understanding shape layer logic
The shape layer is scaled up; it may have an offset Anchor point
Regardless when I parent the type to the shape there is no way to keep it still
None are 3d
No expressions are used
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Shape layers are their own size, and they don't have much in common with either the size of comps or solids. So the normal rules don't apply.
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You could explain what could cause a parented object to move, or under what circumstances it moves
if you have no expression to the parent or child, your child should not move as you parent. show us your setup and press UU so we can see all the modified properties. do a "before" and "after" to demonstrate the layer shift.
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Hi tristansummers,
Did you get your issue solved here? Please let us know as we did not hear back from you.
Thanks,
Kevin