Animate Shape Layers in After Effects - AE Fundamentals

In this video of the After Effects Fundamentals series, you'll learn how to create, manipulate, and animate shape layers (including lines).

In this video:
0:31 Create and Color Shapes
2:09 Adjust the Anchor Point
3:29 Shape Properties
5:01 Stroke & Fill Properties
6:15 Transform Properties
6:59 Types of Shapes
8:22 Pen Tool
11:57 Animate Lines

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[ZigbertD]

I've watched a few of your tutorials about shape layers and they really helped clear up some confusing points about using and animating them. You hit all the important details clearly without over-complicating things. Thanks for posting these.

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[FoulOleRonTherd]

Thank you! I've been searching all morning for a proper tutorial on how to change the shape of a path over time in Ae and it was surprisingly hard to find one! This was very clear and well explained

[TRK-upzw]

Thanks, this is very useful. I use shape layers as track mattes, so all the animations in this video apply to my track mattes (paths).

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[monicaquinn]

This is great, you're very thorough. I do wish that in this series you made it clear if it was possible to animate shapes coming from illustrator. For example if you create a speech bubble in illustrator and you want it to increase in length once you bring the ai file into After Effects. From my own trial in error it doesn't seem you can, this I discover after realizing you don't exactly cover how you animated each element in the file you use for the theme artwork throughout the series.

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[wasimsuperb]

Please shape layer especially abstract shape layer animation as a zoom in and out without null objects.. Thanks

[miauproduction]

what if i have multiple shapes in one layer but i just need one solid stroke from that shape? is it possible?

[marcinbenedek]

Why my rectangle is a mask not a rectangle with color... ?