Morphing an “I” to an “S”

[John Jackowiak]

create a mask on a solid layer, and click the shape choice under your mask settings to set keyframes. One in the shape of an “I” and then reshape it into an “S”. The apply “3D stroke” or “write-on” to get your stroke color and width. Hope that helps.

[Mike Wheeler]

Thanks for the reply, but when I do this it gives me really weird morphing results… it does start and finish in the shapes I want, but the morphing in between is really weird and not looking at all like I want it to… when it goes from the “I” shape to the “S” it turns into something that looks like a rubber band instead of remaining a solid bar…

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks again!

[John Jackowiak]

I think that may be from connecting your endpoints of your mask. That would give you that rubberband look during the morph. If you leave the mask open ended, it should reshape nicely. What effect are you trying to use?

[Mike Wheeler]

I was using the effect that you mentioned, using the 3D stroke with the mask shape… I’ve tried leaving it open ended and still can’t get the results I am looking for…

Back to the drawing board!

Cheers..