How do I animate a shape layer composed of different animated paths along another path?

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First of all, thanks in advance for your help!I have a word made out of different animated paths. It's a shape layer, and it has 8 shapes wich are the glyphs (strokes animated with trim paths).I need this shape layer to follow a curved path (like moving along the curve of the eye, see image below).I know how to do this with a text layer, but I can't seem to make it work with a shape layer (and it must be a shape layer because I need the handwritten effect).I've tried creating a curved path in a new layer and copying the path onto the shape layer's main position, but it doesn't work the way I want. I also pasted that path onto each one of the shape's independent transform positions with no luck either.Any ideas on how can I do it?Thank you!Luigi

Ali Jaber · Answer

Copying the mask path into the layer's position will work directly, just be sure to do the following:

Adjust the text's layer anchor point where you want it to be on the path
Create a solid that is the same size as your composition, draw the mask on it, then copy and paste that mask into your text layer's position

Masks are calculated based on layer space, so creating the mask on a layer that is the same size as your comp will help you avoid any problems with copy-paste masks into position

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