After Effects Shapes Playground - Beginners guide to shapes layer.
Playing around with shapes layers in After Effects.
00:00 - Start
01:14 - New shape layer
03:04 - New shape without using pull down menu.
03:32 - Shape Layer Warning.
03:59 - Another new shape. Animating the shapes. Changing values.
06:06 - The Pen tool to make custom shapes and lines.
08:27 - Playing with all the settings. Be adventurous. You can’t break it.
11:49 - Creating Text layer and Making it into a Shape Layer.
13:44 - Make Text into Layer. Layer - Create.
14:14 - One it’s a shape layer, it’s a shape layer. Not a text layer.
14:57 - Individual letters control.
16:38 - Individual Letter Animation
17:15 - Copy and Paste your Keyframes! Save some time.
20:22 - Bonus: Celebrity Deathmatch! Using shapes in vfx.