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Fixing an anchor point

Fixing an anchor point - After Effects Tutorial

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Fixing an anchor point

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- [Instructor] I'm in chapter four zero one Anchor Point. And, you know, we've all been there you've been animating awesomely for hours and hours all night long to do some really crazy, cool stuff and the position and motions of your object is looking sweet and you're ready to add a little bit of rotation animation or perhaps a scale pop and then you go to do it and suddenly realize, oh no, I screwed up my anchor point! Yeah, it's a common occurrence. So, now you have to decide, do adjust each and every keyframe or do I just scrap it and start from scratch? Well good friend, those aren't your only two options. There are some pretty simple workarounds and quick fixes to save the day. Not all of them actually fix your anchor point or keyframe but when you have just a few little things left to do these quick fixes can be very helpful. The first quick fix we'll be using is the transform effect. So right here, my first layer is animated anchor point four position. And, uh oh, what does…

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