Manipulating Vectors in After Effects

*Witch-of-Swords Jan 18, 2013 Student General Artist

I'm starting a 3D Animation course this semester, and we're using After Effects CS6 for the projects. To do the idea I came up with for my first project, I need to know if this it's possible:

What I want to do is start the animation with a theatre curtain that I'm making in Illustrator being pulled open. Is it possible to move different groups of paths independently of each other in After Effects, or should I individually create the image's segments as their own files and put them together in the composition?

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~TheWalkingGhost Jan 19, 2013 Student Digital Artist

This might be what you're looking for: [link]

*Witch-of-Swords Jan 19, 2013 Student General Artist

The link doesn't work, as it apparently is either on a crashed server or is a virus. Evidently they've changed their domain for that to include an "x" after help. Weird. Unfortunately, Adobe was the first place I went, and I came up with little to help me.

~TheWalkingGhost Jan 20, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Reason being is because I used https:// instead of http://

[link]

This one should get you there without hassle.

(https// is just a tiny bit more secure when web browsing, that's all. I get the same "block" when using Chrome, just proceed.)

*Witch-of-Swords Jan 20, 2013 Student General Artist

Makes sense. And thanks for the link; it should help.

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