Anchor point rectangle/oval in Essential graphics

Question

Help me understand the anchor point in Essential Graphics.

I create a rectangle/oval by clicking the New Layer-icon and select Rectangle. Then I get a rectangle W:300 H: 200 in the center of the Program-monitor. The Anchor point is centered at 150,100. Half the heigt and width. But if I then change the width and height to 500 the Anchor Point remains centered but still at 150,100. Not at 250,250?!? For me this is not logical

R Neil Haugen · Answer

Anchor points have a very tight logic system behind them ... as the devs can explain in great detail.

However, that logic system is not what most of us users ... anticipate.

For this, no, the anchor point once set does not move by changing the size of the element ... as it is assumed that the anchor point is used for animation. So you only want it to move when you change the anchor point.

And if you do change the anchor point after adding any other keyframed movement, it all goes really ... odd. So I recommend doing your changes of anchor points if needed first, then do any further animation of the object.

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