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Alex Deaton : Are you tired of cluttering up your workspace with alpha mattes and messy pre comps, the break, as soon as you infinitely rasterize them or make them 3d fret no more.

Alex Deaton : Hi, my name is Alex Deaton and I've been a motion designer for almost 10 years along the way. I've picked up some after effects work arounds that saved me from daily Adobe induced frust…

Alex Deaton : Alpha mats and pre comps can be useful tools for combining several visual elements in a complicated design, but they make your timeline messy and introduce frustrating glitches and comp…

Alex Deaton : I'm going to duplicate it. And then I'm just going to name this bottom layer here. I am going to go ahead and call it I'm main. So I know that that's, that's my main eye layer. Then up …

Alex Deaton : So all you have to do is right click on the ellipse path and click convert to Bezier path. And that way I can animate the handles of the actual, uh, ellipse itself, like, like, so, so t…

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Discover advanced shape layer techniques in After Effects with motion designer Alex Deaton in this 23-minute tutorial video. Learn how to build single-layer shape "precomps" using groups, merge paths, and simple path expressions to eliminate redundant matte layers and streamline your workflow. Follow along as Alex demonstrates how to create a pair of animated eyes and a more complex vase design, showcasing methods to reduce workspace clutter and avoid common issues with alpha mattes and precomps. Download the provided project files to practice these techniques and enhance your motion design skills. Gain valuable insights from Alex's decade of experience in overcoming Adobe-induced frustrations and optimizing After Effects projects.

Advanced Shape Layer Techniques in After Effects - With Alex Deaton

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#Art & Design #Digital Media #Adobe #Adobe After Effects #Visual Arts #Animation #Video Editing #VFX #Design & Creativity #Graphic Design #Shape Layers

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