[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Hmm. Most interesting: per-property posterized time!

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Dan,

The second version definitely looks like it would do it.

(Perhaps I’m not thinking straight, but per my logic “going both directions” would do exactly the same as a simple IF/ELSE flip above or below threshold value.)

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Sounds like you are trying to do this using TWO different paths.

If you set two keyframes for just ONE path, AE will smoothly interpolate the path for all frames in between.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Yes, save the file as psd so that you can have layers.

The magic wand tool will select and area in a similar fashion as the paint bucket tool fills it.

You will want to create a new layer for each country in order to animate them separately in AE. Once you’ve selected a country with the magic wand tool, select Layer>new layer via cut, and your selected piece will be cut out of the current layer and be placed onto a new layer by itself. Then you will have to select the original layer from the Layers palette and repeat for every country.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Or “2.5D”, in which you cut out separate layers and give them a different depth.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

A new one…

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/244/866355

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Are you trying to flip a layer when a value is 1 or more and unflip it when it is less than 1? Then it would be a simple IF/ELSE.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

One practical solution is to use the puppet tool rather than shapes.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Have you checked into 99designs.com? I’ve never used it myself, but sounds like it might work for your purposes.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

For 90 degrees:

Math.abs(Math.abs(transform.rotation)%90-45)/45*100

For 180 degrees:

Math.abs(Math.abs(transform.rotation)%180-90)/90*100