User Guide

CHAPTER 5
184
Animating Layers
3 Press the Left, Right, Up, or Down arrow key.
To move a layer anchor point by nudging it 10 pixels at the current magnification:
1 In the Timeline window, double-click the layer.
2 In the Layer window, select Anchor Point Path from the Layer window menu.
3 Hold down Shift as you press the Left, Right, Up, or Down arrow key.
To move a layer’s anchor point using the pan behind tool:
1 Select a layer in either the Composition or Timeline window.
2 Select the pan behind tool.
3 In the Composition window, use the pan behind tool to drag the anchor point to a new
location. Notice that the Position and Anchor point values change for that layer.
Understanding parent layers
To assign one layer’s transformations to the transformations of another layer, use
parenting. Parenting can affect all transform properties except opacity. Assign parent
layers in the Parent column in the Timeline window. A layer can have only one parent, but
a layer can be a parent to any number of 2D or 3D layers within the same composition.
You cannot animate the act of assigning and removing the parent designation. Parenting
layers is useful for creating complex animations such as linking the movements of a mario-
nette or depicting the orbits of planets in the solar system.
Dragging the pick whip to designate the car layer as the parent
to the cloud layer
UG.book Page 184 Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:05 PM