After Effects (17.0) greatly improves performance when working with shape layers. With improved access to grouping controls, it is easier to navigate and manage large numbers of shapes.
In addition to performance improvements, you can now group or ungroup shape layers.
- You can now right-click to group or ungroup shape layers. Select multiple shapes in the Timeline panel, right-click and select group/ungroup shapes. Another option is to select multiple shapes in the preview window, right-click and from the Mask and Shape path, use group/ungroup.
UPDATE:
Duik Bassel.2 has been released and it leverages the performance improvements in After Effects to make it faster to rig characters and use them in different animations.
Read this blog post for more details: https://rainboxlab.org/documentation/performance-and-master-properties-in-after-effects-2020-and-dui...
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