Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC

Creating a transition shape

We are going to add our final transition shape for shape 1.

Now you need to go to the point in the timeline where the last shape is almost fully covering the screen. See the following screenshot:

Timeline location new shape

1. Create a new shape layer
2. Name this layer Transition stroke
3. Add ellipse
4. Add stroke
5. Change color of stroke
6. Twirl down the contents of transition stroke layer
7. Find Ellipse Path 1
8. Animate the size of the ellipse scaling up and eventually leaving the scene
9. Go to the first keyframe for the size
10. Add a keyframe for the stroke width
11. Go to last size keyframe, choose the stroke parameter, and increase ...