Introduction
The starter for this lesson was to create a squash and stretch animation of a shape using a rig in after effects.
Here is the animation I made. It was my first try practising squash and stretch in after effects.
Swing Animation
Next, we were tasked with using the CC Bend It preset to animate a swing in after effects.
First, I created a basic solid background layer, and then used the shape tool to create my swing asset. Next, I put the different shape layers into a precomp so that I could animate it as though it was one shape. Next, I applied the CC Bend it preset to the precomp layer by going to the Effects & Presets tab at the right side of the screen and typing ‘CC Bend It’ into the search box.
I then animated the swing rotating, and added some of the bend effect when the swing reached it’s highest points to give the illusion of momentum.
Here is my final swing animation:
Car