Anchor points help!

[darryl_daddy]

So does anyone know how to make a baseball bat move like this with anchor points?

I don’t wan’t it to go flat at the end, I sort of just want it to look like someone’s hitting something with it.

I tried so many times but I keep failing.

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

[Avarose456]

What’s your overlay look like?

[darryl_daddy]

it’s the regular prop in Episode

[Avarose456]

What does your script look like?

[Avarose456]

Similar to rotating a punching bag, you are probably going or want to make sure that there is no extra space on your overlay.

[SpookySherry]

anchor point I think is: 1 1
I know it can’t be 0.5 0.5
Maybe ask @Dara.Amarie do you know?

[Avarose456]

HOW TO: animate the punch bag

There were several people asking me to help them with punch bag so I decided to make this tutorial/template. Hope it will help you. First of all, you need an overlay of a punching bag. There are many to be found on the internet. Before you upload it, make sure there is no empty space around it This is essential because otherwise, nothing from what will be written below will work. Here you have a picture to explain what I mean [bag cut] Remember the script sees every overlay as a rectangle…

[Dara.Amarie]

For that image, the anchor point will be 0 0

[SpookySherry]

i’m jelly how are you so good at this stuff

[Dara.Amarie]

The anchor point will need to be the bottom of the bat since that’s where its going to turn from, like in the gif above.

@Dara.Amarie

Rotating an overlay depends on it’s anchor point which is the point from which the overlay will rotate:
anchor point 0 0 is the bottom left of the overlay
anchor point 0.5 0.5 is the center of the overlay
anchor point 1 1 is the top right of the overlay

Think of a graph when trying to place the anchor point

[SpookySherry]

thank you so much!
I’ve been so confused for so long!

[SpookySherry]

so when it’s rotating, will the anchor point be rotating from the anchor point?

[Avarose456]

If you ever need any help, I’m available as well!

[SpookySherry]

of course! Thank youu

[Dara.Amarie]

Yes the anchor point is where the overlay rotates from.

[SpookySherry]

thank you!

[darryl_daddy]

Thanks guys! @Dara.Amarie and @Avarose456

[ell.epix]

Hi just wondering if you could help me with the same thing?
Ive tried a lot of different coordinations and angles but it doesnt seem to work. My aim is to have the baseball bact, like above, hit the person on the right from behind him, so that the person looks as if they are off screen hitting him with the bat. Ill post my script and preview below.
Im still learning about rotating overlays lol

@Dara.Amarie