• Apple Motion

  Growing A Shape Vertically

  Posted by Steve Crow on July 12, 2009 at 9:35 pm

  This isn’t a question, it’s an answer – to my own question. I found the solution just now and it was staring me in the face the whole time. The issue was how to make a shape, like a vertical bar grow higher or lower.

  The answer is:

  1. Set the Y value of the anchor point so that it is at the bottom of the shape instead of its default location in the center.

  2. Next, under “Scale” animate the Y value up and down as needed to grow and shrink the shape vertically.

  You wouldn’t believe the ugly workarounds I was using to create this effect.

  Ariane Fisher replied 16 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Ariane Fisher

  July 13, 2009 at 3:06 pm

  You can also create the rectangle at the final size you want, and then animate a crop or rectangle mask to reveal it.

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