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Cy Cosper
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July 3, 2025
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Keeping animation elements grouped when moving

  • July 3, 2025
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Hi, I'm working on an animation project and I'm stuck on a specific scene. I have a longhorn beetle model with separate elements (elytra, abdomen, antennae, body, legs, etc.). I want to animate the beetle lifting off from a tree and flying away, but I'm unsure how to animate the flapping wings, (+pulsing abdomen) in sync with the beetle's flight. 
Is there a way to anchor or link these individual elements together, so they can continue their respective animation sequences while the beetle flies away? 
 
here is a link to the animation so far so if it helps to visualize: 
Correct answer nishu_kush

Hi there,

 

Thanks for writing in. You can create a Null object, align it with the beetle's body and then parent all of its layers with the null. Now all the layers will follow the Null object. Here's a video that should help: https://adobe.ly/3GsXVeb

Let me know how it goes.


Thanks,
Nishu

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Legend
July 3, 2025

Hi there,

 

Thanks for writing in. You can create a Null object, align it with the beetle's body and then parent all of its layers with the null. Now all the layers will follow the Null object. Here's a video that should help: https://adobe.ly/3GsXVeb

Let me know how it goes.


Thanks,
Nishu

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    Cy CosperAuthor
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    July 5, 2025

    Thank you Nishu!

     

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