Copying the mask shape

Animating a nontext layer along a motion path

To cap off this project, you’ll use a mask from a text layer to animate a nontext layer. Specifically, you’ll use the mask shape for the directed by path to create a motion path for a car graphic so that it appears to be pulling the text. First, you’ll import the car graphic and add it to your composition.

1 Double-click an empty area in the Project panel to open the Import File dialog box.

2 In the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson03/Assets folder, select the car.ai file, choose Composition – Retain Layer Sizes from the Import As menu, and then click Open.

3 Drag the car composition from the Project panel to the top of the layer stack in the Road_Trip_Title_Sequence Timeline panel.

Now you’re ready to copy the mask shape from the path of the directed by layer to the car layer. d

1 Go to 5:00.

2 Select the directed by layer in the Timeline panel, and press M to display its Mask Path property.

3 Click the Mask Path property name to select it, and then choose Edit > Copy.

4 Select the car layer, and then press P to display its Position property.

5 Click the Position property name to select it, and then choose Edit > Paste.

After Effects copies the Position keyframes from the directed by layer to the car layer.

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