[Andy Kiernan]

I think what you want is the ‘sample image’ expression. Sample the BG in a few places and link that data to some fills

[Andy Kiernan]

Is it C4D lite that you’re using? Lite only comes with a stripped-down version of mograph. But there are ways around it if you look for lite tutorials

[Andy Kiernan]

You can set up a front view and a back view then use the function keys to flick between (F1-F4)

[Andy Kiernan]

may be this?

Animate With a Control Layer – Adobe After Effects tutorial – YouTube

[Andy Kiernan]

great stuff, hope it all goes well

[Andy Kiernan]

is the frame size in ME exactly the same size as in AE? could be the issue

[Andy Kiernan]

another thought… generate>Vegas… add to png change to image contour and use alpha. Fiddle with settings to get it to be one line and then you can use length as a trim. The only issue I see is that it creates the ‘stroke’ on the inside of the alpha but maybe that’s not an issue! hope this helps

[Andy Kiernan]

maybe… use auto-trace, then use that mask to create a stroke (generate>stroke) use that to trim stroke, apply the layer style to the new stroke and it’ll draw on and off

[Andy Kiernan]

maybe just make the animation of the two circle coming together and then duplicate and matte out the crossed over section and fill orange?

[Andy Kiernan]

*Correction… I forgot about the division on the face, you will need to do that process on each 5 sided shape, and have preserve groups on within the inset tool. and use the collapse command to merge the new points together.