Hello, like the title says, how do u make a shape or object be tangential to the path at every point of the path, regardless of the shape of the path?
If you have a motion path you want to follow, Shift + Parent a null to the motion path, set the Null to Auto Orient to the motion path, then Shift + parent the Circle to the Null and offset the Y position of the circle by the radius of the circle.
If you want to follow a shape layer path or a mask path, select the path in the timeline, open Window/Create Nulls From Paths.jsx and select Trace Path, then Shift + Parent the Circle (with the anchor point in the center) to the Trace null and offset the position by the radius of the circle.
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