STOP Struggling With Paths in After Effects with Penpal 2!

[@Ivg_design]

as an alternative you can make your paths virtual 3D with Extrudalizer script and then you won't have any issues opening/closing the the mailbox - it'll work as if its just a regular 3d layer - but without using anything 3D. As a bonus you could take the letter map the SOM logo onto it, and make it flip end over end as it flies into the mailbox!

[@sheikh_sohel]

Hmm 🧐, not a big difference if you do it manually.

[@animatabledotco]

Thank-you Sara and SoM. ❤

[@SvetoslavAtanasov]

great tut, thank you!

[@Enzo-ri9if]

Thank you ❤

[@Satysatonachair]

Then fact that you don’t have a reference image around the UI is just a massive no-no. You gently nudging the shape layer to match what you were seeing on the right felt like a 20 year backtrack.

[@animatabledotco]

You do have the option to have more than one path in Penpal’s UI. And you could then easily snap points and tangents to the same elements on the other path.

[@speld99]

Wow, it looks like you want to complicate your workflow. Especially when you attach the cover to the mailbox

[@KookyBone]

Thought the same too... I think I can do everything quicker without this tool

[@lettertosohan]

not a helpful tool and not a good tuts. its overrated