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Sarah Wade : Hello everyone today, I'm going to show you all of the magic tucked down inside the shape menu with the new wave and tapered strokes features and aftereffects.

Sarah Wade : I'm Sarah Wade. Welcome to another school of motion tutorial. You won't need any plugins for this. We're going to use all things that already exist inside your after effects. So this is …

Sarah Wade : What I'm looking at here is a single shape layer with a person's head, right? So let's say you've got this person and they look kind of like just a stylized human and your client comes a…

Sarah Wade : In fact, I'm just going to keep this layer selected content selected. Grab my pen tool. I'm just going to draw, just click dragging to pull out those busier handles. She's got to make a …

Sarah Wade : So first let's make the stroke the same color as the Herricks. That would look funny if it was a little bit different. Okay, we've got our struggle. We've got our color. That's the basic…

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Save Big on Coursera Plus. 7,000+ courses at $160 off. Limited Time Only! Grab it Explore the powerful Wave and Taper stroke options for Shape Layers in After Effects in this 31-minute tutorial. Learn to create dynamic animations like waving hair and growing ferns using built-in tools, no plugins required. Master the Shape menu to utilize taper stroke effects, wave stroke effects, and automate stroke waves with simple expressions. Discover how to animate more efficiently using the "create nulls from path" script. Follow along with downloadable project files to practice these techniques and elevate your motion graphics skills.

Getting Started with Wave and Taper in After Effects

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