Daily After Effects Tip - 67/100 This expression retains the scale of your layer when it's parented, creating the illusion of position. Use it on multiple layers parented to a null to create these radial animations. Grab the expression under this tweet.

Expression used: s = []; ps = parent.transform.scale.value; for (i = 0; i < ps.length; i++){ s[i] = value[i]*100/ps[i] } s

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Oh wow this is actually nice there were multiple situations I wanted it to move like that rather then it moving like it was precomped,

Questiona: when making the example (all the perfectly aligned cirles) theres no way you did the process of: [copy circle -> open position -> move to right place -> copy circle -> open position -> move to right place (repeat 10-20 times)] right?

I used the ‘Shape Repeater Baker’ script on 7 copies - it effectively takes a repeater and turns the copies into shapes :)

Just out of curiosity, what’s your favorite way(s) of implementing this technique?

Any time you need to have a range of objects 'explode' while retaining layer size - there's a project I'm working on at the moment using balloons, and on 'wow moments' it's nice to give the effect of 'radial position'. - hope that helps give some context :)