shatter effect shatters instantly

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im trying to do an effect where i made 3 masks of a car and have them shatter but some reason on the first frame they just instantly become a bunch of epices with 0 animation. i googled it and watched like 10 videos about it idk what im doing wrong. please help

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Rick GerardCorrect answer

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I don't see any keyframes for Shatter. You have to animate the Force position or size to start the effect. I usually just set the position behind the layer or animate the size to start the effect—no Keyframes = breaking starting at the first frame of the layer.

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I don't see any keyframes for Shatter. You have to animate the Force position or size to start the effect. I usually just set the position behind the layer or animate the size to start the effect—no Keyframes = breaking starting at the first frame of the layer.

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