Using Path Animation in After Effects as a Clean Up Process in Frame by Frame Animation

While this is essentially an after effects animation, we still consider this as a frame by frame workflow. This still follows the frame by frame process of rough animation, then tie downs but instead of cleaning up in animate, the clean up was done in after effects using shape layers. The advantage of this workflow is that the clean up phase is faster and if you want to adjust the timing, you can and you don't need to draw additional inbetweens because it's all interpolated in After Effects.⁠
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This is one of those examples that tools are just tools. What you do with those tools matters more. So learn the fundamentals, and you can apply that either in frame by frame, 3d, 2d, motion graphics, or other mediums.⁠

#animation #aftereffects #framebyframe #2danimation

[JacobdelaRosa]

This is great! I've been trying to come up with a way to animate shape layers for more dynamic animations. My main thesis revolves around parenting vertices to different properties of other shape layers.

[RemedieX]

I'm adding this to my playlist. May try the same process

[jaredrun]

damn the music sounds exactly like mine, when I use stock presets of fl studio lol

[raymondartstudio]

Path animation to clean up? Do you have the full video as tutorial. Love to hear about it haha

[abhishekvishal]

Sir please make full process video how to do this.❤
U are amazing 👏

[richochet]

Is there any way to do this without being an artist? (ie replace, skip steps 1 and 2)

[nat_]

This is so cool but animation each finger is not going to be fun at all 😂, I’m still gonna try this out somehow…thanks

[ntylrr]

Why not just animate it in Adobe animate? Why did you need to do it with shape layers in AE? Genuinely curious

[nguyenduyhai]

Why is it so smooth?! !What is using shape layer in AE? Please tell me!