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Jul 22, 2025 8:43 PM UTC
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Reshape Effect with Compound Paths/Shapes

Anyone have an idea how to use the reshape effect with with compound shapes? Essentially I have 3...let's call them "donuts"... with different inner and outer diameters. I need to morph the smallest to the middle size and the middle size to the largest in sequence. The inner and outer diameters scale at different rates (small very fat ring donut, to middle sized moderately fat ring donut, to large skinny ring donut). When I create the masks for these donuts, I get an inner and outer mask for each - but I can't use both masks in the reshape. I have to use either the inner diameter mask - which means my outer diameter doesn't scale correctly, or the outer diameter mask - which means my inner diameter doesn't scale correctly. I've tried everything I can think of and I'm stumped!

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Jul 27, 2025 7:18 PM UTC

Thanks Kevin!

As it turns out, I was going about it in the wrong way. I was lucky enough to find a different video tutorial that taught me a better way. In fact, when I saw it I had a "Oh, of course. I should have realized that was the way to do it." moment!
https://youtu.be/gbPgx8P4dug?si=ZcrmzvGTfzGZD_NV

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Participant
Jul 22, 2025 8:44 PM UTC

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Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
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Jul 22, 2025 10:38 PM UTC

Hi, 

Thanks for the message. What you want to do might not be supported, but could be done differently. See these tutorials for ideas. Let me know if they helped.

 

 

 

Cheers,
Kevin

 

 

 

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Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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Participant
Jul 27, 2025 7:18 PM UTC

Thanks Kevin!

As it turns out, I was going about it in the wrong way. I was lucky enough to find a different video tutorial that taught me a better way. In fact, when I saw it I had a "Oh, of course. I should have realized that was the way to do it." moment!
https://youtu.be/gbPgx8P4dug?si=ZcrmzvGTfzGZD_NV

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