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  • Reversing/inverting the direction of shape layer paths

    Posted by Lasse Gjertsen on February 5, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    I’m using shape layer paths to animate shapes, which is nice because of the interpolation. Up to this point I didn’t think it was possible to reverse the direction of the path in an easy way.

    While working I have accidentally flipped the direction of one of the keyframed paths, probably by hitting a hotkey.

    Anybody knows what this shortcut might be, or how to reverse the path direction by other means?

    I’m using CS6.

    Michael Szalapski replied 11 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Michael Szalapski

    February 5, 2015 at 2:12 pm

    If you twirl down your path layer’s properties on the timeline, go into the contents into the properties for your shape and next to the shape path is a set of icons with arrows. Click the one that’s not pressed.

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