Flying Tears - Create flying drops with simple 2D vector animation
Important notice for English members
This tutorial video has been translated into English with a voice-over, but the software interface remains in French.
Creation and animation of vector shapes in After Effects, to create some flying drops.
In this new free video tutorial on After Effects, we will look at the animation of vector shapes to create and give life to our own flying droplets (or tears), also known as Flying Drop.
No plugins or effect will be used. We will only use the pen tool to create our forms, and keyframes to animate our drops.
Back to Basics for this simple tutorial, which is close to traditional 2D animation, widely used in the world of motion design.
- Familiarization with different tools related to creating vector shapes (pen, conversion points, ...)
- Creation of "drops" with just two points for a simple and precise control over the animation
- Animation of the drops for a fluid movement along a defined path
- Transformation of a text layer to a shape layer
- Tips to duplicate and vary drops with very few different animations
About the author
I am the Founder of Mattrunks. I work as Creative Director and Motion Designer in my studio. I also create video tutorials to share my passion of motion.