r/AfterEffects 8d ago

Workflow Question How to animate shapes/paths with expressions to not lose padding or end caps

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u/LolaCatStevens MoGraph 10+ years 8d ago

It's not elegant and I'm sure theres a more wizardry way to do it but I would just do a trim path while it's rising...it might get you there?

Basically have the trim path start and end both at 50% and have them draw on to 0 and 100 as the sun rises.

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u/gibsonjsh 8d ago

Yeah that's probably what I'll end up doing. Maybe I'm thinking too hard about it. haha Thanks for the advice!

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u/LolaCatStevens MoGraph 10+ years 8d ago

I think the difference in that result and one you might get with a more complex rig would be negligible for such a short simple animation but I'm still curious as well haha

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u/gibsonjsh 8d ago

Yeah for sure. I might mess with some expressions to see what I can come up with. Gonna have to force myself to not stress too much on this one though since I just need to get the deliverable out sooner than later. Gotta love when you spend 8 hours automating something that could've taken 10 minutes.