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January 10, 2023
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arrowhead on shape layers

  • January 10, 2023
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PLEASE dear developpers:

One of the number one element used in explainer videos is a simple moving line with arrowhead. This is always very difficult to animate either or only possible through plugins or expressions.

A simple possibility to add an arrowhead to the shape layer line/path would make many animators very happy 🙂

Thank you

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Mylenium
Legend
January 11, 2023

The best way to go about it would probably be a separate shape item that has a its own relative position slider. That could then easily be connected to a Trim Path modifier or users could dial in their own values as well as use multiple arrowheads. Options for orienting to path, relative or absolute sizing and so on and you'd have yourself a neat little arrow tool. it should have a few standard shapes like traingle (obviously) chevron, dot and blunt line and custom shapes could be fetched from another group within the shape hierarchy.

 

Mylenium

AM_working作成者
Participant
January 11, 2023

Thanks @JohnColombo3491446 for your quick reply and for the hint of the new preset. That seems already fine for some designs.

But a simple cap, that could be scaled, maybe adjustable arrow length and angle would be awesome!

Here are my examples:

Thank you and cheers,

AM_working

 

JohnColombo17100380
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 10, 2023

Thanks for the request, @AM_working! The latest version of After Effects does include a "Write On Arrow" preset that creates a simple line with an aligned arrowhead, built through expressions, but a cap option would certainly be a nice addition.

 

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team