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Creating a RotoBezier path

Creating a RotoBezier path - After Effects Tutorial

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Creating a RotoBezier path

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One of the strengths of shape layers is to create very interesting stroked paths and outlines. If you have access to the exercise files, open up the comp 06-Map Path*starter. If you don't have the files, go ahead and create anything you'd like to draw a map path across. Now, the first thing I want to do is create a path, but I don't want to make it a mask shape on this path; instead, I'm going to create a brand new shape layer that's going to lay on top of this map. So I'm going to make sure that layer is not selected. I've locked it just to make sure you can't either; otherwise, we'd be masking it. Second, I'm going to select the Pen tool, because I want to make this free-form rather than a parametric shape like a square. Let's go ahead and set up our parameters before we draw. I don't need a fill, since it's just going to be a stroked path, so I'm going to hold Option or Alt and click on the color swatch till I get red line, which means no fill. However, I do want the stroke to be a…

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