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Shape layers and transforms

Shape layers and transforms - After Effects Tutorial

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Shape layers and transforms

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- [Instructor] Shape Layers are a unique kind of Layer inside of After Effects, in that they're generated internally, just like the Solid Layers. There is one additional big picture concept, unique to Shape Layers and that has to do with Transforms. Each Layer has a set of Transformation properties, meaning Anchor Point, position, scale rotation and opacity. However, Shape Layers have the added complexity of having their own additional transformed controls. In this movie, we'll see how multiple Transformations can affect the end results. If you've ever seen the movie "Inception." you're probably familiar with the concept of a dream inside of a dream. And that's pretty applicable here in that Layers can have Transformations and shapes can have Transformations. And all of those things can be inside of one another or more specifically Shape Layers have Transformations inside the Layer Transformation. So to show what I mean,…

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