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How to Morph Complex Shapes in After Effects (Skillshare)

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How to Morph Complex Shapes in After Effects (Skillshare)

Morph Anything into Anything in After Effects Without Extra Plugins. In this tutorial, you will see the steps of morphing complex figures in After Effects. You don't need any extra plugins or programs for the animation. There are three examples of animation workflow. All of them are based on a simple principle: break the animation into steps, and morph a figure to the transitional state. In the end, you can see a screencast of a workflow on morphing a human face into Hulk.

Supplies:

  • Two icons
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe After Effects

STEP 1:

  1. Choose icons: initial and the final one
  2. Draw a circle in Illustrator
  3. Save .svg file as .ai.

STEP 2:

  1. Open After Effects, create a composition
  2. Import the prepared .ai files in After Effects
  3. Create vector shapes from layers
  4. Set the time for quick but visible animation (can be 14 frames for each transition)
  5. Choose rest time (can be 3 frames in the beginning, and 3 frames in the end)
  6. Animate the morph
  7. Add Easy Ease In and Easy Ease Out
  8. Save the file
  9. Upload it here
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