- When you apply an effect in After Effects…most of the effects will have sliders and pop-ups and so on.…But some effects also have an effect point,…which is kind of special, as it can create a motion path.…In this movie, I'll show you…how you can edit this motion path,…as it doesn't appear in the Composition panel.…But first, lets cover the basics.…When you select the effect,…you'll see the effect point appear in the Composition panel.…Don't confuse that with the anchor point by the way.…
The effect point is a different icon.…Now while I'm using the landsfer as an example,…the effect point appears in many other effects.…Particularly distortion effects.…So the center of a Bulge, Sphere, Twirl, so on,…they're all effect points.…Many of the CC effects also have effect points.…Like the two sides of a Split.…And the four points of a Corner Pin or Power Pin.…So everything you're learning about this effect point,…will apply to many other effects.…
So lets understand exactly how it works.…Unlike a slider, which has one value, perhaps a percentage,…
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Video: Motion paths for effect points