: Paste in place causing misalignment I've been asked to create a GIF animation involving nearly 42 frames on Illustrator. Working backwards from the last frame, I did a copy + paste in place

@Murray664

Create a dummy object (invisible rectangle) first to set the art box

I suppose you changed the center by editing the object/s and/or changed the so called art box which surrounds the object/s.

My suggestion: Make tons of copies from the first object to animate first, so the positioning is always right.

Or: If you need the last object-state put a dummy object (an unvisible rectangle) below the first object, make it the biggest object, surrounding all animation-states and group them (CTRL + G). Make a copy by CTRL + C and CTRL + F of this group and work further in isolation-mode.
Never change the position of the unvisible rectagle.

Deleting the dummy-rectangles at the end depends on your export.
In the export (Alt + CTRL + E) you can choose between artboards and object.
Maybe setting it to the artboard would be enough for your purpose.
It's hard to tell without having a picture.

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