deleting motion paths

spideytim · Post by **spideytim** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:21 pm

Hello
I am new to anime studio 5 (mac) and im trying to create a simple story. All seems to be progressing well EXCEPT.......
As I move my image and vectors with aid of the 'translate layer' tool, I seem to be building up a complicated motion path that span out way beyond my working area - why is this? and how can i delete it (or points of it)?
I have tried deleting keys and resetting origns (even deleting complete layers) but it still keeps building up these complex motion paths

what i am trying to do is move 2 images together so that they appear to move as one (and as it is now, the two seem to move independently because of these strange motion paths). maybe i should group them some how?

Thanks in advance for reading this
Tim

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:45 pm

Whatever moves together for all or most of the duration of a scene should be grouped. Makes life much easier.

spideytim · Post by **spideytim** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:12 pm

Thanks for your quick reply slowtiger.
At the risk of sounding a bit thick..... how do I group? (i have been sitting in front of my screen now for 5 hours and my head has gone a bit mushy)
tim

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:18 pm

Group layer.

If you don't have the Pro version, use the Bone layers instead.

spideytim · Post by **spideytim** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:44 pm

Ah that is genius!

i didnt realise you could use a bone layer for simply grouping. Brilliant.
However - it still hasnt soved my problem fully. One component of this group still has a complex motion path attached to it that effect its layer transition.
I wonder if this has anything to do with how i set the image up in the first place. I have tried resetting the layer and its origin, but i cant get that path to be removed or modified.
I can post a screenshot it that helps identify the problem - the screen shot shows the motion path in the editing mode which cant be seen in a rendered movie (only the effect of it)
Thanks for your interest
tim

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:49 pm

Delete all the keyframes from the 'translate layer' animation channel. If it's not visible, check the timeline settings.