How can I animate all of these but not one by one?

[AceLegacy]

I want to those animations follow those paths I illustrated.
What's an easy way to animate all of those X's, circles etc. without making a mask path for each one by one?

Also, why, just WHY everytime I draw a mask path and paste onto a layer's position the layer's object jumps to the middle of the composition?
Thanks

[LordVal]

Hi,

Maybe you can put this question as solved...

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/why-does-my-mask-path-change-position-when-pasting-it-o...

[Kyle Hamrick]

To clarify, are you wanting the Xs & Os to move around the green shape, following the contours of that shape? As in, if it were a circle, they'd just be orbiting it?