How to Creating Morphing Animations in Adobe After Effects

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to animate morphs between graphics in Adobe After Effects.

Learn how to illustrate the plant graphics in Adobe Illustrator here.

In this video:

  • Prepare illustrations for animation
  • Import illustrations into After Effects
  • Tips to keep a complex project file organized
  • Animate shape paths, including advanced techniques using Create Nulls from Paths (free script)
  • Utilize precompositions to reuse animations

This is not a beginner tutorial. If you’re new to animation in After Effects, start here.

Resources:

🛠️ Overlord - To transfer artwork from Illustrator to After Effects

🛠️ Free script - Create Nulls From Paths Extended

🎓 After Effects, Explained - beginner to intermediate course

🎬 Master the Graph Editor - free tutorial

🎓 Principles of Animation - intermediate course

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