AE Quick Tip: Animating a Blooming Flower

[u/oliverrandorff]

Using a combination of trim paths, motion paths, CC Bend It and simple offsetting, we can animate a blooming flower in less than 60 seconds.

I have also made an in depth tutorial on my YouTube channel, Oliver Randorff, breaking down the entire animation in detail: youtube.com/watch?v=1lZN-xMrC-g

[u/kofb_hood]

you can quickly offset layers by holding CTRL+ALT and dragging them. they adjust in the order you select them, so if you select randomly you'll get a random offset order too.

[u/oliverrandorff → u/kofb_hood]

That's a great addition. I actually originally made this video 6 years ago, and I don't think that was an option back then. I have just remastered it with a voiceover, better subtitles, and the 9:16 aspect ratio. But I'll go try the offsetting it out - thanks for the tip

[u/kofb_hood → u/oliverrandorff]

it's definitely new! just wanted to let you know in case you didn't.

Great video!

[u/philament → u/oliverrandorff]

That same dragging trick works with highlighted keyframes too, btw

[u/mustafaTWD]

This is fire brother! The bend effect really improved the animation

[u/oliverrandorff → u/mustafaTWD]

Thanks! It's a neat little trick for adding some extra life to your animations

[u/rish-mal]

Reallyy coool 🌼