Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

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Tip
If you haven’t already deselected the Snapping option, you may need to deselect it
now in order to position the stem where you want it.

The stem will begin to emerge from the pot at 3:00. Now you’ll draw the leaves.


10. Go to 4:20, where the flower is in its final position.
11. Press F2 or click an empty area of the Timeline panel to deselect all layers. Then select the
Pen tool in the Tools panel, click the Fill Color box, select a color that is similar to the
green stroke color (we used R=45, G=74, B=63), and click OK. Click the word Stroke,
select None in the Stroke Options dialog box, and click OK.
12. Click an initial vertex for the leaf near the base of the stem, and then click one for the other
end of the leaf. Before you release the mouse, drag the Bezier handle to create a curved leaf.

13. Press F2 to deselect the layer, and then repeat step 12 to draw another leaf for the other side
of the stem.
14. Select Shape Layer 1, press Return or Enter, rename it Leaf 1, and then press Return or
Enter. Then rename Shape Layer 2 Leaf 2.
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