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  • How to bend shape in U shape?

    Posted by Ranveer Singh on April 1, 2021 at 10:28 am

    Hey guys,
    I’m trying to bend a shape layer in an inverted U shape. I’m using CC bend it for this. But, It automatically crops the layer below starting point after bending.
    I already tried Grow Bounds and also tried Pre-composing the layer. I am animating the bend so I can’t just mirror the layer either. Please help

    Thanks in advance

    Ranveer Singh replied 5 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Graham Quince

    April 2, 2021 at 11:12 am

    Have you tried the Puppet tool instead. I’ve just been trying to create this and ran into the same problems as you did. I think Puppet tool will need work too, but might get you closer.

  • Ranveer Singh

    April 2, 2021 at 11:55 am

    I did think of it but it will not give me the smooth transition I want. Anyway, I managed to do that by extending the path and then applied trim path. Now all I had to do was animate the offset and the position at the same time.

    Thaks for suggestion though

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