<p>In addition to @inevitably answer. You shall use parenting, but better not to parent one layer to another, but create Null Object with that monition curve, and parent both layers to it.</p>

<p><strong>Why it may be important:</strong></p>

<p>If you need any motion of "parent layer" in variant provided by @inevitably, it will be pretty difficult to move it without moving child layer. But with Null Object, it will be pretty easy.</p>

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2016-03-01T21:53:36.483Z
2016-03-01T21:53:36.483Z
Shultc
<p>You could Parent one layer to the other.  </p>

<p>This means that one layer controls the position/rotation/scale of the other layer.  </p>

<p>See <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/layer-properties.html#parent_and_child_layers" rel="nofollow">https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/layer-properties.html#parent_and_child_layers</a>
for more info.</p>

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2016-03-01T15:05:33.850Z
2016-03-01T15:05:33.850Z
tomh
<p>I have made simple animation where a hand drags an item onto a page.  I wanted them to take a curved path so I have added a bezier curve to the path as shown below</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/eUpoT.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/eUpoT.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>This only effects one of the layers so I manually put the same curve into the second layer but it is not perfect.  I can see the hand and the contact us box move slightly differently.</p>

<p>How do I lock both layers on the exact same path?</p>

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Animate two layers along identical path
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# Animate two layers along identical path

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-01)

I have made simple animation where a hand drags an item onto a page. I wanted them to take a curved path so I have added a bezier curve to the path as shown below

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/eUpoT.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/eUpoT.png)

This only effects one of the layers so I manually put the same curve into the second layer but it is not perfect. I can see the hand and the contact us box move slightly differently.

How do I lock both layers on the exact same path?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-01. Score: 1

In addition to @inevitably answer. You shall use parenting, but better not to parent one layer to another, but create Null Object with that monition curve, and parent both layers to it.

**Why it may be important:**

If you need any motion of "parent layer" in variant provided by @inevitably, it will be pretty difficult to move it without moving child layer. But with Null Object, it will be pretty easy.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-03-01. Score: 1

You could Parent one layer to the other.

This means that one layer controls the position/rotation/scale of the other layer.

See <https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/layer-properties.html#parent_and_child_layers>
for more info.


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