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In this tutorial, I'm going to explain how Adobe After Effects handles positioning layers and effects within a comp. This is absolutely critical to understand if you want to stop smashing your keyboard every time After Effects does something you just don't understand. We're going to learn about comp space, layer space, even parent space, and why they're important. I'm also going to show you how to fix issues with point controls in effects like Gradient Ramp and CC Bend It using the toComp expression.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:57 Layer Space vs Comp Space
05:07 Sponsored Segment
06:24 How to use toComp();
07:28 Locking in point controls
13:25 Using nulls to drive point controls
16:08 Why I didn't use the position property
18:12 Thanks for watching!