Animation - Isometric Design Question?

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April 8, 2025
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I'm looking to animate this isometric design so that the front face of the letter extrudes outward and then pulls back in—basically shifting from a flat letter to an extruded 3D version and back again.

I’m struggling with selecting the specific anchor points to adjust on the timeline. Would it make more sense to redraw the shape directly in After Effects, or is there a way to just highlight and animate only the necessary points from my existing design?

Any advice would be appreciated!

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Rick Gerard

Braniac

After Effects will not render isometric views. Your only option is to add a camera with a very long lens to the comp. This will force the perspective to something close to isometric views. Set the focal length to 20,000 pixels or more.

The only real limitation is the extrusion depth. You will be limited to 1000 pixels.

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joe_1137Author

Participating Frequently

Thank-you for your response I am looking to match the deisgn excactly so woult it be better to redraw in after affects do you think?

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Rick Gerard

Braniac

I would create a layered Illustrator file and import and animate the layers. Maybe this short, old tutorial will help. It explains how to create animations from blended shapes in Illustrator.

Maybe this one that uses the same workflow will give you some more information on the workflow:

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