[Ryan Pinkham]

Actually, I figured it out. Using the same process as described above, I just copy and pasted the more complex shape from Illustrator. Thanks for the help, this is really a great resource!

[Ryan Pinkham]

ok, figured out the problem. I was using the ellipse tool and it was not on the layer for the solid I created. It is working great now!!!

One more question for now, how would I go about creating the outline of a more complex shape. For example, if I had 2 or 3 or more circles that were merged together to make one object (think like the number 8, without anything in the middle). Or any shape, for that matter…

Thank you!

[Ryan Pinkham]

So I followed the instructions you gave and still nothing

1. Create new Composition
2. Create solid (right click in timeline and New>Solid
3. Create Ellipse (stroke only)
4. Effect > generate > stroke
5. Paint style = on transparent
6. Click stopwatch next to ‘Start’, change percentage
7. Slide timeline slider over
8. Click Stopwatch next to ‘End”, change percentage
9. Play back…..nothing, except the gray Solid?

Any ideas?

I appreciate the help very much, thank you.

[Ryan Pinkham]

Thank you for the quick reply.

I have not been working in After Effects too long so everything is very new. Could you explain a bit more for me?