Quickly Bend Anything in After Effects!

[@lnzy2695]

Literally been looking for hours on how to bend illustrations in AE. Thank you so much.

[@MorrisBarrier]

awesome! Happy to help.

[@pammcclung861]

This was a great tutorial. I like the pace of how you show and explain things - not too fast, like so many other tutorials. It makes it easier to learn how to do it. I also like that you showed how to do text as well. Thanks so much for this!

[@MorrisBarrier]

Nice! Thanks you! I stopped making tutorials because my career has moved on to more digital marketing but I love the feedback I get on these.

[@Valitzu777]

I've subscribed solely based on your calming voice, demeanour and awesome - straight - to the point - intro! Great job, keep it up my dude!

[@arash9679]

This is good . Thanks for tutorial .

[@MorrisBarrier]

you're welcome! Thank you!

[@AdrianoGazza]

Thanks Morris! Just what I need to get me out of a jam!

[@dancu9271]

a lot of thanks for makin and sharing your video!!

[@wowfactorytv]

Wow. What a great tutorial. Thanks. Just just made a current project a lot easier.

[@windowcleaners936]

thank you SO much fr this video been looking everywhere

[@thevonmunchies9213]

Thank you

[@MM-oq1lb]

I gave you all 3+ save. Brilliant!

[@MorrisBarrier]

Thank you!

[@ann-kathrinv3963]

Literally just blew my mind :D Been using the Effect on my Illustrations once in a while, but never really thought about using it on strokes an mirroring the effect..(don't know why!!) That opens up an unkknown universe for me :D haha

[@MorrisBarrier]

awesome!

[@diegoramiropapiz]

Amazing, brother. U're perfectly clear in this tutorial! Thanks so much!

[@MorrisBarrier]

Thank you!

[@wrxsoldier]

Thanks for this quick tutorial with concise info. Subscribed

[@MorrisBarrier]

thank you! I've been putting content on TikTok so it keeps me away from KZbin.

[@wrxsoldier]

@@MorrisBarrier might be good to update your videos with a TikTok link. I don’t really use TikTok for tutorials but giving ppl a quick way to find your new content should help you grow. Thanks for taking time to make content

[@kartiksadvij]

Thanks man!

[@bikotheanimator6169]

6:30, wow. The falling text is precisely what I am looking for, but mine will be a png image text for logo.

[@Cadence24]

Thank you!!! I tried for hours to bend a shape layer and didn't understand why the end and start point didnt follow the shape layer, and I tried expressions and parenting and null objects, and I didn't know that you just need to pre comp it😪, thanks again!

[@MorrisBarrier]

Awesome! Happy it worked out!

[@EdinhoMix]

I finally learned how to use this effect! Thank you!!! 👍👍

[@MorrisBarrier]

you're welcome!

[@jaydenasper207]

Just what I needed, thanks man

[@hafeeznoormohamed1259]

thank you -- this is exactly what i was looking for

[@DapurJempol]

Thanks for the tutorial, it's helpful for me as a beginner in animation

[@adegbengaojoyido550]

very good brain work i love it

[@richochet]

Bruh this may be 4 years old but it still rocks!

[@sawankumarjohn]

You literally saved me!!! How can like it twice?? Thank you...

[@WillinovaTV]

great tutorial. clear to the point

[@nepumuc4364]

Wow, so much you can do with this one, thanks for explaining!!

[@alecs3473]

amazing! so simple, yet powerful effect. Thanks , man!

[@DocUnlock]

Thanks Morris, CC Bend It will make an appearance in my next video thanks to you! :D

[@MorrisBarrier]

great! thank you!

[@BookRuffellCartoons]

Thank you! God damn this is exactly what I needed

[@keithytube]

Wow, nice one Morris. Thank you for that. Just getting back into AE (not that I was ever that into it - but hey!). Well done you and thanks again.

[@dancotruta9887]

Great job! Thank you!

[@tchagolago]

Directly to the point! Thank you very much!

[@MorrisBarrier]

Thank you!

[@leilavlog3380]

Great tutorial

[@MorrisBarrier]

thank you!

[@karimdiab6342]

thanks

[@john20johnny]

That was very cool man, you helped me a lot. Thank you 😊

[@sagaridas2187]

amazingg

[@gaston.]

thank you, good info!

[@MorrisBarrier]

Thank you!

[@afakstudio1129]

very good

[@annescene94]

my dude, thankyou !

[@lakmal1st]

liked. subscribed what do you want more? thanks and nicely explained video

[@uncletrick1]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@guy_incognito]

Really helpful! Thank you!

[@sambeushausen4975]

Thanks man! Using this in a project.

[@MorrisBarrier]

You're welcome! Excellent!

[@TheDutton1]

Nice short tutorial, thanks :)

[@MorrisBarrier]

You're welcome!

[@carlperl412]

Excellent explanation. Quick and simple. Keep going! New subscriber here.

[@ahmedel-shazly1410]

Thank you it's very useful tutorial

[@MorrisBarrier]

Thank you!

[@EddietehFace]

great tutorial, thank you!

[@MorrisBarrier]

You're welcome!

[@AchHadda]

This was a great thanks

[@MorrisBarrier]

thank you for watching

[@kwentongeerie]

Had to rewatch haha forgot about this effect.

[@GlobalTravelExplorers]

great tutorial, new subscriber here, eager to see your new videos :)

[@Jencardenas407]

What about bending down?

[@LearnWithGP]

That's very good. I need some help on this. I want to animate a rectangle so that it curls to form a cylinder by joining it's opposite edges. Could you please help?

[@MorrisBarrier]

Would setting the 'render prestart' to mirror help you? That would turn a rectangle to a full circle. Let me know or if I am misunderstanding what you mean by 'cylinder'

[@xander9191]

- Create 2 Shapes, 1st Rectangle and 2nd cylinder, ( remember don't combine them in one layer, they need to be in a separate layer ), then convert both shapes path into bezier paths, and as you want rectangle to change into cylinder, so copy cylinder layer's path then give a keyframe to rectangle's path forward 5 frames ( or as you want ) then while selecting rectangle layers press ( ctrl+v ) voila!

[@gabbyong2974]

Hi Morris, I tried using bend it on a outline rectangle. the problem is when i bend the shape, the stroke of the outline didn't stay the same.. as it bends it became thicker at the corners. Is there anyway to preserve the width of the stroke as it bend? Thanks.

[@MorrisBarrier]

Did you try precomping it?

[@Mingodough]

how do you make them blink while they're bending like in the beginning of the video

[@MorrisBarrier]

There are many ways to make eyes blink. Here I just changed the vertical scaling from 100 to about 20 using keyframes. You can also create 2 sets of eyes. One open/one closed. Use hold keyframes to turn the opacity on and off. Both methods are very simple.

[@jaredmesker7091]

any way to keep the ends of the lines static? as in, both end points of the line stay in the same position, but the line bends. Like it is being pushed, like elastic

[@ctnahda]

May I ask you. Do u use any third party plugin in this tutorial?

[@MorrisBarrier]

No, CC Bendit comes bundled with After Effects CC

[@RapidBlindfolds]

Trying to do one of the very first things you do at the beginning, bending my layer, and instead it just rotates it. Ugh.

[@MorrisBarrier]

is it a precomped layer? Not sure what you're dealing with. You can always email the project to me at [e-mail] and I can take a quick look.

[@RapidBlindfolds]

@@MorrisBarrier hey thanks for your reply :) no its not, but i realised that this isn't the right effect for my project. I watched a video on all of the distort effects available and found some better alternatives

[@alvileg]

How can I find those palettes? Im new to after effects

[@MorrisBarrier]

Go to Windows>extensions>Adobe Color Themes and you will discover all sorts of designer palettes uploaded by designers with a great eye for color.

[@jamskof]

bending is driving me crazy. im literally wanting to do the simplest thing with zero luck. imagine a horizontal bar, i want to bend it in the middle with athe rest of it being straight, ive been through all the tuts on youtube and all anyone is doing is the bend where everything is curved, imagine if you bend a pipe , it might not always ben d throughout the length, it might bend on only a small section in the middle, hwo do i achieve this!?

[@MorrisBarrier]

imgur.com/a/Salvhy8

[@MorrisBarrier]

Is this what you're talking about?

[@mapibg2657]

Hi, I imported some illustrations from photoshop and when I try to bend my illustration gets cut off. Do you have any recommendations for fixing this problem? It feels like there is a mask around the object I cant control.

[@MorrisBarrier]

did you precomp the PSD files? Let me know if that does or does not work.

[@freemanleung6335]

When i drag the bent line to the edges of the screen it just gets cut off like theres a mask around it. Any fix for this?

[@MorrisBarrier]

Is your artwork precomped?

[@freemanleung6335]

Morris Barrier No, but there are precomped pieces in the background but arent alive in the sections of the timeline i am working on.

[@MorrisBarrier]

@@freemanleung6335 can you email me a screenshot if you are still having issues? [e-mail].

[@freemanleung6335]

Morris Barrier i was just about to send you a screenshot but i figured it out today. You have to add a toComp(value) expression for the Start and End then relocate the anchor points back into the object youre trying to bend. Thank you for trying to help though!

[@MorrisBarrier]

@@freemanleung6335 thanks. I'll revisit this again and add an annotation.

[@RLReagan]

This is for more advanced than me. He is too quick. Like I don’t know all of what he is selecting.

[@mostafaemam65]

bad voice