How to Morph Shape Layer Icons Using a Guide Shape - EXTENDED EPISODE - Adobe After Effects Tutorial

Project file and icons:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nyjh4q2gl7b5e4u/AACMUVLlRcoUd2qaJVBUjT0ha?dl=0

The Power of Shape Layers:
https://www.udemy.com/course/power-of-shape-layers/?referralCode=24E547D800E148568895

Hey everybody, and welcome back to another episode of 7 Minute AE Tutorials where you learn tips, tricks, and shortcuts usually in 7 minutes or less. No BS, just AE. The topic I'm covering today has been a source of frustration for me for years, and now I finally have a cohesive method that I'd like to share with all of you for morphing shapes.

Like I said, there are a host of tutorials out there about morphing shapes. All the ones I've come across are cumbersome, time consuming, they require a lot of steps that just aren't effective, and few (if any) have consistent rules for this technique. Until now. There are just a few rules that you need to remember, which I'll be displaying on screen as we get to them. I'll also put these rules in the description below. I recommend you watch this tutorial a few times to really get a solid hold on this technique - once you understand the theory behind it, you'll be morphing shapes with ease.

RULES:
1. Use the shape that's being animated in as a reference for the Guide Shape, making sure that the Scale of the Guide Shape is the same as the Scale of the Animation In Shape.
2. Convert all Shape Paths (including the Guide Shape) to Bezier Paths, unless the shape uses an Animation Tool, such as Trim Paths, Merge Paths, Repeater, Zig Zag, etc.
3. When a Path uses Trim Paths, don't morph the shape. Instead, animate the Trim Paths.
4. When a Group uses any other Animation Tool, don't morph the shape. Instead, animate the Group's Scale.
5. Morph large shapes only using the Path of the Guide Shape. Animate the Scale of small shapes.
6. Animate the Color of the Animation Out Shape into the Color of the Animation In Shape.
7. In-between animations, line up the Animation Out and Animation In Shapes, making sure Scales are consistent.

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