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Hello Ladies & Gents .....

I'm doing some more incredibly cheesy spinning graphics and I need to find the precise center of a shape. Is there a way to select a shape and set origin at the exact center?


.... the future of mankind hangs in the balance...

You need a script young Jedi

Ahhhhh .... Those have become the 4 words I love the most.

Thank you sir.

You could select the shape points, activate the move point tool and enter 0 and 0 in the x and y fields, that usually brings the selected points in the middle of the screen.

Then do the same with the center of origin if you moved it.

From there use layer animation, which should preserve the center of origin in the middle of the shape.

You would of course need to make a different layer for each moving parts!

if you used a bone, you could center an vector X over the shape, then pull a bone from the center point to the edge which will give you a pradictible rotation.



...did i just say 'pull a bone'?

That's a great idea Funk, and much easier than trying to script that.

If you search for "macton" scripts here in the forum, there is a script called "CC: selected vector layers - center to points"
It's working here in AS pro 8

Thanks guys