How To Animate Anchor Point Property in After Effects

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Adobe After Effects CC 2025: How To Animate Anchor Point Property This tutorial will show you animate the Anchor Point transform property in Adobe After Effects CC 2025 to create a 3D Camera Style Pan & Zoom animation. After Effects User Guide Course: https://aeuserguide.com Keyboard Shortcuts: Anchor Point: A Position: P Scale: S Pan Behind Tool: Y Selection Tool: V Easy Ease: F9 ——————— To try or buy Adobe After Effects CC 2025: https://mikemurphy.co/adobe (affiliate link) ⭕️ Check out my new Domestika Course on Adobe Audition: https://mikemurphy.co/domestika —————— Chapters: 00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial 00:14 Moving Anchor Point 00:39 Anchor Point Transform Property (A) 01:05 Pan Behind Tool (Y) 01:23 Changing Anchor Point Property Value 01:43 Zeroing Out Position 02:09 Zeroing Out Anchor Point 03:05 Animation Example 03:53 Open Layer 04:37 Anchor Point Path 04:54 Add Keyframes For Position + Anchor 05:56 Animating By Dragging Anchor Point 06:35 Add Easy Ease (F9) ——————— How To Animate Anchor Point Transform Property: 1. Create New Composition 2. Add Still Image (bigger than Comp Size) 3. Double-click on Footage Layer to open in Footage Layer Panel 4. Go to the bottom of Layer Panel and change View to ‘Anchor Point Path’ 5. Drag CTI to the beginning of the Timeline 6. Tap P for Position Property 7. Tap Shift + S to also bring up Scale 8. Click the Stopwatch next to Position & Scale to add keyframes 9. Drag CTI forward in Time 10. Tap V for Selection Tool 11. Go to Layer Panel and click and drag Anchor Point to move footage 12. Increase or Decrease Scale as necessary 13. Move CTI forward in time and repeat moving Anchor Point in Footage Layer Panel 14. Select all keyframes 15. Tap F9 to add Easy Ease 16. Tap Spacebar to Preview --------------------------------------------------------------- ➜Amazon Influencer Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mikemurphyco ➜See All My Gear: https://www.mikemurphy.co/podgear ➜ Get Adobe Creative Cloud: https://mikemurphy.co/adobe ➜Screencast Software:  Screenflow: https://mikemurphy.co/screenflow --------------------------------------------------------------- ➜ VISIT MY WEBSITE: - https://mikemurphy.co ➜ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST -https://mikemurphy.co/mmu ➜ SOCIAL MEDIA: - Instagram: http://instagram.com/mikeunplugged - Facebook: https://mikemurphy.co/facebook - Twitter: http://twitter.com/mikeunplugged - YouTube: https://mikemurphy.co/youtube Amazon Associates Disclosure: Mike Murphy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com