Unintentional mirror flip in animation

[Demetrius Goosbey II]

I'm working with animating a line to change from a horizontal straight line to morph up into a shape. I've created and copied the paths from Illustrator to After Effects. When I add then animate the morph the last animation actually does a mirror flip then up instead simply growing up out of the line. Any suggestions on how to get rid of the mirror flip? https://www.dropbox.com/s/zo1py99uow04g1u/hug_1.mp4?dl=0

AECC V. 14.1.0.57

28% of 8GB Used

OSX V. 10.11.6

[Mylenium]

You need to read up on how AE actualyl handles mask and shape path interpolation. The help files have a whole section on it, including tips on how to fix it in various ways.

Mylenium

[Demetrius Goosbey II]

Any suggestions on where to look? I've been scouring the help section and nothing seems to change the results.

[Szalam]

Try right-clicking on various points and choosing "set first vertex" and see if it behaves differently.

[Demetrius Goosbey II]

Instead of reordering the order of the vertex points, AE closes the bottom and deletes one of my curves in an attempt to keep the original order vertex when I use "set first vertex"

[Szalam]

Then go into your timeline and twirl things down until you see the path and choose the reverse path option.

[Demetrius Goosbey II]

Thanks @szalam! That was one of the first things I tried, but, alas, no luck. Thanks to those who offered comments.

[Demetrius Goosbey II]

For those interested, I ended up redrawing the shape so that the points showed up in the correct order. My original shape was made by merging separate shapes in Illustrator. I wonder if that throws off the order of points.

[Szalam]

That would make sense. Maybe just rearranging the order of the paths in Illustrator would do it too. Nevermind - I'm glad you found a way to get working!