Great – thank you!!

Thank you Tom and Walter for your help! I understand much better now.
My initial aim was to apply a CC Bend it Effect on the layer. The effect had a problem: it cropped some of the layer, especially if it was on the canvas edge. And no matter how I positioned the Bend start and end points it would still crop the image. I needed this to remain as a…

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Thank you Tom for your reply! I’ve attached some youtube videos that I relied on (I am a beginner):

You are correct that the Grow Bounds Effect is invisible, that’s where the Solid Composite Effect comes in handy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JzYpi6Uyb4&ab_channel=JakeInMotion

Solid Composite Effect fills only the bounding box and how the effect…

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Hi All!
I imported an AI file into AE and converted it into a shape layer. The bounding box shows correctly – it hugs the shape layer. However it doesn’t actually work as such (photos attached for every example):
1) when I add a Solid Composite effect, the entire canvas is filled rather than just the bounding box.

2) When I add a Grow Bounds… Read more