From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 14 Shape Layers
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Animating a 3D shape (new in CS6) - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 14 Shape Layers
Animating a 3D shape (new in CS6)
In the previous movies we've beveled and extruded our shape layer and played around with the reflectivity and transparency of this object. However, it's just kind of sitting there in space. I mean, yes, I could select my Camera tool and orbit around my world if I wanted to, but let's remember that shape layers can be animated, including all of their individual properties. So let's have some fun with that. Press V to return to my Selection tool, clean up my Timeline a little bit here, make sure my Shape group is selected, and let's add a couple of parameters. For example, you can add Twist. This will twist the vectors of your shape layer, which are then extruded, beveled, and rendered. You'll see the default is a slight amount of twist. I can go ahead and create something a bit more severe, a bit more fun, like about that, and if I like, keyframe it. I'll press End and rotate it back in the opposite direction. There we go. And now that twist will animate and be rendered for each frame…
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