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September 28, 2022
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Want to place Anchor points to specific locations (up / down / left / right) or short cut key to locate them

I want to be able to easily switch the position of the anchor point of a shape or text layer to the center or edge etc.

テキストシェイプレイヤーのアンカーポイントの位置をデフォルトで簡単に中央や端に移動できるツールを実装して欲しい

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JohnColombo17100380

Community Manager

Hi all! As pointed out by the great @Szalam, this feature is now available in public Beta builds of After Effects. More details and discussion here in the Beta forums: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-beta-discussions/feature-focus-quick-set-anchor-point/td-p/14907345.

Thanks again your requests for this functionality!

- John, After Effects Engineering Team

Szalam

Community Expert

This feature is now in the public beta of After Effects! The shortcut is shift+tab or you can click the anchor point icon thingy in the Properties Panel.

the_dudes

Inspiring

Should be [Alt]+Arrow Key

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vobrazovka

Known Participant

use some scripts.. Many of them are available.. ("precomp anchor repo" for example)

BLPVFX7

Participant

Another third party option. Should be standard in application, though.
https://aescripts.com/repositionanchorpoint/

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stevenprobets

Known Participant

A fantastic plug in called Move Anchor Point 4 already does this and doesn't cost much ($5 dollars). A great tool!!

https://www.batchframe.com/tool/move-anchor-point-4/

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mac_emac_ym@i.softbank.jpAuthor

Adobe Employee

I think that what you can do now is "move the position with the mouse operation" and "⌘ + click" to place it in the center

I want to prepare tools more quickly and intuitively.

Thank you

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

How does this request differ from the current Pan Behing (Anchor Point) Tool?

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mac_emac_ym@i.softbank.jpAuthor

Adobe Employee

Hi!

Changing the position of the anchor point is important when creating motion graphics. As a request, I want a shortcut or UI panel other than the center.

For example, motion tools 2.

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micahh14619583

Participating Frequently

This is already possible. Use the pan behind tool (Y) and move the anchor point. Hold cmd/ctrl to snap it to edges or center.

I don't know of a shortcut key for moving it directly to corners or edge centers, but you can already center the anchor point using cmd alt home.

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