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alano8647763
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Transform rotate off center.

  • August 29, 2022
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Hey there,

Working on a simple animation in PS. I am having issues with the rotation. When I rotate my smart object using the transform tool the playback has the object NOT pivoting where I assigned it. Attached is an image showing my smart object with the transform window around it. It shows how I moved the center point of the smart object to where I want the center of rotation to be (the pivot point). The animation shows how the SO does not pivot from this point.

Detail: The animation shows a rectangle move to the side and then its suppose to rotate from on end. How can I fix this?

 

Thanks for your help!

-Alan

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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August 29, 2022

Photoshop’s animation features are not great. 

 

My recommendation would be to either us proper animation software (After Effects maybe) or create the Smart Object in such a way that its center corresponds to the intended center of rotation (with otherwise useless empty space). 

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August 29, 2022

Hey thanks for the reply. Yeah a client wants a simple animation and I use PS and never used AE. I looked at tutorials for this and did make my rotating image a SO. How do I make it a SO with specific center anchor point? Thanks!

I did see a brilliant tut on making a circle shape from the pivot point and combining this shape with the object, then doing a substraction, etc. In the end the object is merged with an unseen circle who center point is at the pivot spot. So when I hit transform the center point for the combine shape would be spot-on. Alas, I could not get this to work. In his example he had two shapes to combine. Perhaps because my object is a photo and not a "shape."

melissapiccone
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August 29, 2022

...You can see how the as soon as I scrub the playback the SO rotates from a random pivot point. Strange.

 

-Alan


That is weird - can you make a flat layer copy from your smart object and use that instead?

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