Any way to achieve 9-slice scaling on a shape layer?

[Walter Soyka]

Not that I’m aware of.

You could sort of build your own by moving the anchor points for individual layers, then linking their scales together with a slider control and expressions.

Walter Soyka
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[Stuart Paciej]

I’m bumping this thread. Is this something that someone has worked around?
I know I can do it pretty easily, but its fiddly and seems like someone might have fixed it by now? 🙂

[Matthew Woods]

I’d been looking for an easy way to do 9 slice scaling in AE myself, so I wrote an FxFactory plug-in that will do it. It has just been released, and is on sale for a limited time. FxFactory plug-ins are mac only, but it will work in AE, Premiere, Final Cut and Motion on a mac. Check it out:

https://monadnock.org/9slice/

-Matt

Check out 9 Slice Scale.
A way to scale graphics while preserving the border and corners.
An FxFactory Plugin for AE, Premiere, Motion and FCP.
https://monadnock.org/9slice/