I don’t use a lot of cameras in AE so I’m thinking this is probably fairly difficult, hope I’m wrong!
I’m messing about with a logo for an Iracing team, I want the camera to move a long the path of a hexagon, like it is racing around it….see attached…
How on earth do I get the camera to follow the path of the Hexagon? Do I create a null path and attach the camera to that??
You can copy & paste the path directly to the relevant properties after converting the procedural polygon to a regular path. Yes, you can parent stuff just as well based on that. in any case, it's gonna look garbage. That's not how human perception works and from a mere technical viewpoint the sharp corners are going to cause bumps. It would be better to hand-animate the motion similar to how the car would move along the track hovering from left to right based on the forces and acceleration.
Maybe this short tutorial I made a long time ago will help:
Start by converting the Hexagon shape layer to a path by right-clicking on the Shape Layer/Contents/Polygon, then follow the steps in the tutorial to attach the camera to the path.
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