anchor point parenting is not working

Question

Hello,

I am following one tutorial (cant attached, paid, I will end up in jail).

I exactly did what the teacher does. I applied transform effect to a layer and place anchor point from transform effect panel in a specific point (to rotate it from that point). Later I whipped position to the anchor point so that anchor point follows position.

In the tutorial The anchor point remain attached with the shape layer no matter what the teacher does, rotate, move ect. But the anchor point in my comp does not listen to my command. It stays like as if position is not attached to the anchor point. Anchor point stays fixed where I put it, it does not move if I move or rotate with the shape layer, but in tutorial it does exacltly the opposite, There the anchor point moves with the shape layer, there it is not fixed.

I dont understand what is wrong with my shape layer and its anchor point. please guide me.

Rick Gerard · Answer

If you tie the Effect/Transform/Position to the Effect/Transform/Anchor point, changing the Effect/Transform/Position value will not move the layer in the frame, but it will move the center of rotation (and scale). To move the layer in the frame, you need to move the layer/Transform/Position or the layer/Transform/Anchor point. Moving the layer/Transform/Anchor Point also changes the center of rotation (and scale). It looks like that is exactly what is going on in your comp.

This should all make sense if you start at the top and figure that first, masks are applied, then effects, then the layer/Transform properties, and finally, the Layer Styles.

Your comp is behaving normally. What did you expect to happen? What was the instructor trying to make happen?

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