Moving the Pivot Point of a Drawing Layer

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The pivot point of a layer determines the location of the point around which a layer is rotated, scaled or skewed with the Layer Transform tool.

By default, the pivot point of a layer is at the centre of the stage. You can reposition that pivot point to adjust where your layer rotates, scales or skews from when animated.

IMPORTANT Changing the pivot point of a layer affects the position of its pivot point throughout the entire panel. If your layer is already animated and you change the position of its pivot point, its position at the current frame will remain the same, but Storyboard Pro will have to adjust the position of the layer in other keyframes to work with the new position of the layer's pivot, which might produce unexpected results in your animation. It is recommended to set the pivot point of your layer before animating it.
  1. In the Timeline view, select the panel on which you want to animate a layer.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • From the Tools toolbar, click the Layer Transform tool.
  • Select Tools > Layer Transform.
  1. In the Stage view, select a layer to animate.

The selected layer’s transformation controls and pivot point become visible. The pivot point is represented by a blue circle at the centre of the camera frame.

  1. In the Stage view, drag the pivot point to new location.

The new location of the pivot point will now be used as the reference when transforming layers.

  1. In the Timeline view, select the panel containing the layer on which you want to set the pivot.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • From the Tools toolbar, click the Layer Transform tool.
  • Select Tools > Layer Transform.
  1. In the Stage view, select the layer with the pivot you want to set at the centre.
  2. Do one of the following:
  • In the Tool Properties view, click the Center Pivot on Selection button.
  • Select Layer > Pivot > Center Pivot on Selection.

The pivot position is set to the centre of the selection.

  1. In the Timeline view, select the panel containing the layer on which you want to reset the pivot.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • From the Tools toolbar, click the Layer Transform tool.
  • Select Tools > Layer Transform.
  1. In the Stage view, select the layer with the pivot to reset.
  2. Do one of the following:
  • In the Tool Properties view, click the Reset Pivot button.
  • Select Layer > Pivot > Reset Pivot.

The pivot position is reset to the centre of the camera frame.