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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
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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.
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Any suggestions on where to look? I've been scouring the help section and nothing seems to change the results.
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Try right-clicking on various points and choosing "set first vertex" and see if it behaves differently.
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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"
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Then go into your timeline and twirl things down until you see the path and choose the reverse path option.
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Thanks @szalam! That was one of the first things I tried, but, alas, no luck. Thanks to those who offered comments.
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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.
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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!