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I need a four-pointed star that changes naturally.
I’ve recently become obsessed with anime-style backgrounds (I’ve always loved anime aesthetics), and this time I want to recreate that spinning four-pointed star effect seen in the video.
I understand the rotation logic for the star—that’s easily achieved by simply dragging the anchor point.
As for the star disappearing and then multiplying rapidly, I can handle that using Particular.
However, I’m stumped on how to achieve the distortion effect. It has a very natural, organic feel; I feel like I can’t quite replicate the specific way it scales, contracts, and expands as shown in the video. Could any experts offer some ideas or recommend a good plugin? (I’m a total plugin junkie.) Thanks a lot!
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I don’t think a plugin would help here. I’d right click on the star path and convert to bezier path, then just adjust the shape to be slightly imperfect.
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Oh, didn’t spot you’d posted twice. Looks like you got an answer on your other thread.
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When I tried to send the first post, it kept getting flagged as spam, so I thought it hadn’t gone through—which is why I ended up posting it multiple times.
The answer in the other post also suggests using keyframes, but I believe there must be a simpler way to do it, so I’ll keep looking.
Thanks for your reply.
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