Animating and Transforming a shape
by Ron Ortiz
on
Sep 17, 2009 at 7:28:47 pm
Hi guys.
I'm trying to figure out how to do a shape animation in After Effects, it looks very simple but I just can't get it to work the way I want to. I've tried with masking but I couldn't get the same move. Here's what I want to do:
I want to achieve the same animation where you see the shape of the text background make a turn doing a kinda "wormy" move and disappear off the screen. If it was a straight move there wouldn't be a problem, it's that turn that gives me trouble. Obviously I'm new at After Effects and I'm learning as I go, so if you point me to a tutorial or give me a quick tip I'll greatly appreciate it.
Re: Animating and Transforming a shape by Ron Ortiz on Sep 17, 2009 at 11:41:24 pm
Hey thanks for your answers! I got to animate the actual text, by making it follow a path, but I can't get the shape behind the text (the orange shape) to follow the same animation.
But I got the text to work, I'm making progress.
Re: Animating and Transforming a shape by Dave LaRonde on Sep 18, 2009 at 3:22:34 pm
Y'know, I don't think that text/background animation was done in AE. It would be a huge pain to animate a mask in that particular fashion. I'm thinkin' it might be a lot easier to do that in Apple's Motion.
How about if you post the link and ask the question on the COW's Motion forum?
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
Re: Animating and Transforming a shape by Ron Ortiz on Sep 18, 2009 at 11:30:21 pm
Thanks for your answer Dave. Someone suggested me using 3D stroke from Trapcode and works great, also using Effects/Generate/Stroke also works, animating start and end simultanously.
