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snazzyjer13
snazzyjer13
Inspiring
September 4, 2025
Question

Parenting relative to playhead?

  • September 4, 2025
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I feel like something changed - in the past, if Layer A had 2 keyframes scaling from 100% down to 0 , then I added Layer B (which is defaulted at 100% scale), placed the playhead AFTER the scaling keyframes (so Layer A is gone, scaled to 0) then I parented B to A, the result would be that B would scale in tandem with A, but since the playhead was positioned after the scaling, if I went back to the first keyfram position Layer B would now start at 200% and scale down to 100 by looking at the keyframes on Layer A.

 

This is no longer working. As soon as I parent Layer B to A, it's immediately absorbing the keyframe info and B disappears.

 

This parenting used to depend on where the playhead was, which I found very useful. 

 

Am I missing something? I feel like this is a new issue for me. As soon as I parent anything to a layer with existing keyframes, it's taking on the current properties regardless of playhead position

1 reply

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Community Manager
Kevin J. Monahan Jr.Community Manager
Community Manager
September 5, 2025

Hi,

Thanks for the question. See if this post answers your question: https://adobe.ly/41DEQgZ. Let us know!

 

Thanks,
Kevin

 

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
snazzyjer13
snazzyjer13Author
Inspiring
September 5, 2025

Thanks for the response!

 

No, this post doesn't address it. I'm not using shift+parent, just pickwhipping one layer to the other without touching the keys. Seems specific to scale - if the keyframes of the parent are position keyframes, the behavior is normal. But if the parent layer has scale keyframes, it's causing strange behavior to the child IF the playhead is after the keyframes when the layers are parented. 

 

Added a screen recording - when playhead is at the beginning of the scale keyframes, the two layers interact normally once parented. But if the playhead is after the keyframes, suddenly the child position is thrown off even though neither of the layer's properties change.

 

I feel like it used to be that if I did this same parenting with the playhead after the scale keyframes, the child would remain in position, but would scale from 200% down to 100% following the parent layer's keyframes, etc. 

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Community Manager
Kevin J. Monahan Jr.Community Manager
Community Manager
September 8, 2025

Hi,

The product team asks if you are parenting to a layer with a scale of 0. They are wondering if scaling it to .1 and then parenting will still exhibit the issue. Let them know.

 

I hope we can get to the bottom of this issue shortly.

 

Thanks,
Kevin

 

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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