Re: Rotate Camera without affecting Layer Boundaries

[Roland R. Kahlenberg] "There is always the possibility that someone from the COW's AE Expression Forum may have a mind-numbing solution."

I can think of a way to auto-magically scale the layer to keep it in frame, but you'd essentially be doing what you've already said you can't... and it would be more irritating to code than keyframe by hand... so that's out.

If you can't scale the layer, then you need to somehow create additional image area for the camera move. If the areas around the edges of the frame are fairly uniform you might be able to get away with using the Motion Tile or Repetile effects.

You could also scale the layer up if you can get away with any blurring to hide the reduced resolution (call it a 'stylistic choice') while performing the turn. It shouldn't take much and be sure you're using motion blur for some additional obfuscation mojo.

You could also try using a combination of the above techniques so that (hopefully) none of them stand out too much: motion tile, scaling, blurring.

Darby Edelen