After Effects Apprentice, 2nd Edition

Shape Layers

Creating and animating vector-based shapes

In This Lesson

creating a Shape Layer

shape Stroke and Fill settings

editing shapes

multiple shapes

Even-Odd Fill

Shape Effects

creating buttons

Shape Repeater

Compound Paths

Gradients

shape Pen paths

creating an abstract texture

advanced strokes

animating a stroke

Brainstormed shapes

Getting Started

Make sure you have copied the Lesson 11-Shape Layers folder from this book’s disc onto your hard drive, and make note of where it is; it contains the project file and sources you need to execute this lesson.

As previously noted in Lesson 4, the Shape and Pen tools are context sensitive:

•  If any layer other than a Shape layer is selected, After Effects assumes you want to draw a mask on ...