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Stroke Effect Butt Cap
Hi All,
This is my first post so bear with me. I am animating some lines (growing lines) in AE using a solid + stroke effect. The ends of the lines are being created with a rounded cap, however I wish to use the square butt cap option. I am aware that this option is available for lines drawn with the pen tool on a shape layer, however under these settings I am unable to access the start and end keyframing options (to my knowledge). Does anyone have any tips on how to resolve my issue?? Alternatively is there anyone that has ideas about creating my desired effect using other tools (I simply need pen tool lines [they cannot be brush strokes] that have access to start/end keyframes and have square caps)? help is very much appreciated.
Bolo
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6 Replies
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Apply “trim paths” to the shape layer and animate. Check the Help for more.
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Thanks Steve! Works great!
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Sorry to dig up an old post — but how do you apply Trim Paths to a solid that has a stroke generated on a mask path?
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Hi. You need to make/convert the path into a shape layer.
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Ah, understood! Just copy and paste the mask path to a new shape layer?
Thank you!
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“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.”
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Yes. Copy the mask path to the shape layer’s path
Roei Tzoref
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