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  Animating vector shapes in AE

  Posted by Ben Smith on September 28, 2010 at 11:00 am

  Hi fellow peoples

  I have a question. I want to create a moving moth (not synced to sound) I just need to make a face smile. I was thiunking I could draw a custom vector shape and animate the the vector points like you can with a mask, is this possible?

  Michael Szalapski replied 15 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  September 28, 2010 at 5:40 pm

  Puppet tool works for that

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior Compositor/VFX Artist
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  Michael Szalapski

  September 28, 2010 at 7:53 pm

  A mask on a solid is a custom vector shape. Although, you might want to go for a shape layer. Lots more info here too.

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