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[Mylenium]

is there any way of rotating\moving *.psd files on AE that can be done without rotating some of the effects, like lens flare for example

thanks for your time and attention
peace&light

No, not really. Effects are always calculated before transforms. The only way to compensate is to counter-animate effect-internal controls (if the effect provides them) or have the effect on a separate layer (in case of the lens flare a blck solid set to "Add" mode).

Mylenium

[Delude]

i was afraid to ear saying to counter animate...
the flare worked fine with that tip, thanks!!
what about the basic 3d tilt whats up with that? when i rotate the layer the basic 3d becomes a little wild, is that for the same reason? because that is harder to fix unless i rotate->export sample->then apply the effect on another comp...

[burn]

is there any way of rotating\moving *.psd files on AE that can be done without rotating some of the effects, like lens flare for example

thanks for your time and attention
peace&light

Effects > Distort > Transform

Use the rotation feature of this effect and drop it in above your other effects. Also works on scale, postition etc.

I did read, a long time ago, that there is a way to get after effects to calculate transformations before effects, but it was a long time ago and I never looked into it any further.

[Fuxianer]

Why dont you just precomp your psd footage and apply your none rotating filters on the top of the precomp?

[Delude]

i've precomped and things worked out fine but now i want to switch to the precomp and is nothing there, at least on the precomp window, cause the precomp can be seen in the final comp but no i cant see it or its effects to change anything... only in the timeline...

sorry the newb Q, but how can i turn the view back on again?

[Fuxianer]

Sometimes AE can be a bit funny, you click on your footage, precomp or main comp in the timeline but the preview window doesn't change at all. Have a close look at your preview window tabs to be sure you are actually looking at the right preview window.

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