Hi
I have a bunch of animations on a bunch of axis nodes. and there are some rotations in them. I’m trying to repurpose the animation for another shot but the centre point of the image is in a different place. Does anyone know how to move the center point without the image moving - just like you can if you started a new axis node.
There is center tool mode that allows you to readjust the center. Forget the keyboard shortcut, may be ‘Y’
Yes, using Smoke hotkeys it is “Y”.
Yes but when I use this tool the image shifts because there is already attributes in the other fields.
I want to be able to move the centre axis point to another part of the image without the image moving
This is something that has always given me a lot of trouble. If I am not wrong, Flame is the only one that works like that.
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It’s not possible. The only way to make it work is to determine the polar coordinates of the revised center and modify the x,y and z positions multiplied by the scale/100. You should be able to do it ass-backward though. Add an axis below the one in question and move the image around to put the desired point on the existing center.
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If you are just trying to get the centre point of a new image, can you just create another surface of the same media, position your centre point then either link or cut & paste to the axis containing the position/scaling/rotation’s centre channel. The way this axis will move will obviously change with a different centrepoint.
Do you need to get a zeroed reference frame or is moving the centre point all you are after and it’s just that you can’t do it contextually?
I had not appreciated how annoying this is until I did a conform and match offline using another program. In this case it was Hiero. I was scaling and repositioning to match the offline and I could change my centre point and not have it mess with any of my previous applied scale and position.
Can I suggest a feature request - FI-03515
Perhaps it is a default behaviour or perhaps it is a toggle in the same way Auto scale is done 
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I’m home for the holiday weekend. I’ll upvote it on Monday.
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WOW I’m so impressed by the response I got from this. Thanks @PlaceYourBetts for creating a feature request. The vote is already at 13.
The power of Logik forums!
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Hi. my problem is I’m doing an over the shoulder session and client is firing all sorts of options at me which causes me not to plan my axis nodes so I’m just adding a node upstream every time. Its just annoying that when I go to rotate the object on a new upstream axis that the centre is no longer at the centre of the image.
Hopefully the 20+ votes will get this feature request actioned sooner than later.
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Isn’t it better to have a downstream axis instead, which you can them reposition the center off as needed?
Doesn’t negate the original problem, but may be a better workaround.
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And this is why I love running these question off you guys.
I always added an axis upstream cause well I just do. Did I ever think to keep adding downstream…no. But thanks to you my approach will change. Thanks @allklier
This is the kind of stuff that makes me jealous of Nuke.