Overview
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Learn how to create and animate vector-based artwork directly inside After Effects.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Software versions and exercise files
- Shape tool overview
- Drawing parametric shapes
- Drawing pen paths
- Convert to Bezier paths
- Creating multiple shape groups
- Creating multiple paths in the same group
- Creating compound paths
- Exploring shape effects
- Wiggle Paths
- Repeater
- Wiggle Transform
- Combining Wiggle Transform with the Repeater
- Editing gradients
- Creating open paths
- Automatic animation
- Creating a swarm
- Blending multiple shapes into a texture
- Creating a RotoBezier path
- Dashes and gaps
- Animating a line
- Using the Repeater to create an end pose
- Using Brainstorm to create an animation
- Geometry options (new in CS6)
- Material options (new in CS6)
- Animating a 3D shape (new in CS6)
- Tips for stylized bars
- Additional shape presets
- Convert vector layers to shapes (new in CS6)
- Convert type to shape layers
