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dsfdsfs24388509
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March 2, 2018
Question

insert small animation above background at certain xy position

  • March 2, 2018
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With PS CC2018 I created a little animation, it rotates over 3 seconds and then does some other stuff. I achieved this with the transform and opacity tool in the video timeline. Inside the timeline there are some key frames necessary for the animation.

I want to insert that animation at position X10 Y10 in front of a background and also insert a copy of that animation at position X80 Y80. Both animation are supposed to run simultaneously in front of the big background image.

How do I insert those two picture at a certain XY position without having to adjust the xy position in all the keyframes?

I hope you can understand my problem, if not I can rephrase.

Thanks!

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    Silkrooster
    Silkrooster
    Legend
    March 3, 2018

    I believe what you can do is select the animation layer, convert it to a smart object move the smart object to where you want it, duplicate the layer (ctrl-j on windows or cmd-j on mac) then move the second smart object to the other location.

    I really hope that works, as I am going by memory and it isn't what it use to be. LOL.

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    dsfdsfs24388509Author
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    March 9, 2018

    Thanks, but that did not work, since I would have to mofify the x and y values in all the key frame. For example, the pictures xy is 400 400 by default, and in keyframe 2 it is 200 400, kf 3 is 400 400 again. The animation shows a moving item. If I put that animation in front of a large backgound and want to start at a different position like x 800 y400, I can just move it in position 800 800, but then for kf 2 it goes back to 200 400, but it should go to 200 800 and kf 3 800 800.

    In other words, I would have to modify ALL the kf, which is a lot of manually work.

    In other words, all the kf should be automodified when moving or rescaling the smart object

    Silkrooster
    Silkrooster
    Legend
    March 9, 2018

    If you need more control, then I recommend that you try this in After Effects. It not only does key frames, but you can use a graph and scripting. Which provides more automation.

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