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Using an anchor point path

Using an anchor point path - After Effects Tutorial

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Using an anchor point path

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- [Instructor] There's a few more tricks to keep in mind when you're trying to animate the anchor point. One thing that may be confusing is that I've animated my anchor point in the Layer panel, but, of course, my final stage is my Comp panel. And, I have my Layer panel forward, and I try to do a RAM preview. It's not going to be very interesting, 'cause it just looking at this layer, which happens to be a still image. If I want to preview this animation, I need to make sure the Comp panel is forward either by clicking in its center or along its tab at top. And then, RAM preview. And now I'll see the result of the animation I created in the Layer panel. The other thing that's different is, when you edited the position, you could edit its motion path directly in the Comp panel. But, again, when you're editing the anchor point, you need to edit its motion path in the Layer panel. This actually isn't so bad because you get to see the two side-by-side. You can see the overview of the…

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