After Effects is one of the most powerful post-production tools out there. Knowing the keyboard shortcuts will make you more efficient and confident user. Work these keyboard shortcuts in a little at a time and before you know it you’ll be flying through your motion graphics. Moving the anchor point without moving a layer's location - Creative COW's user support and discussion forum for users of Adobe After Effects. Adobe After Effects Forum.
- [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 entire scene…in the Layer panel and the result…