Frame by Frame Animation in After Effects Using Shape Layers

Join our Patreon to download the files: Join our discord: Hi! We’ve been getting this request a lot. We’ve posted the runway walk cycle from a while back, and we’ve been getting request for a full tutorial of it. So here it is :) I still consider this a Frame by Frame animation workflow, but the clean-up is done in After Effects. You can also consider this as Frame by Frame animation in After Effects. The video is quite long, so feel free to save this, or skip to the chapter that interests you. Here are the links for the references we’ve used: Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:12 - Design 08:00 - Animation References 12:53 - Roughs 21:06 - Tie Downs 23:42 - 2 Ways to Clean Up 24:05 - The Usual Way 26:36 - The After Effects Way 31:28 - Adding Stroke 38:21 - 2 Ways to do Easing 38:47 - Easing with Interpolation 40:48 - Easing Frame by Frame 42:00 - Animating Frame by Frame in After Effects 46:52 - Strategies for Path Animation 54:41 - Layering 56:55 - Fixes or Patches 59:24 - Adjusting Timing 01:01:49 - What Method Should I Use 01:05:23 - Can I Skip Tie Downs? 01:07:09 - Conclusion