After Effects Basics - Morphing Shapes in After Effects (Udemy.com)
Learn After Effects motion graphic animation. After Effects CS6 and CC basics
Created by: Andrew Pach
Last updated November 2025
What you will learn
- Create an After Effects Morphing Effect
- Work properly with Paths in Shape Layers
- Create, edit, keyframe, manipulate Paths
- Learn to copy work between After Effects and Illustrator
How it compares
Against the other 118 rated Udemy courses in Adobe After Effects on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 11% of them
- Reviews170#59 of 119 by number of reviews
- Length2.6 hoursshorter than 50% of them
- Last updatedNovember 2025more recently than 84% of them
Course Description
CURRENT UPDATE (16 Feb 2016): Added How To Morph PNG Images section!
Learn to morph between shapes, objects, or icons inside of After Effects. In the new lectures I also tech how to morph between *.PNG images and how you can make appealing video transitions with this technique. With this course I want you to learn how to properly work with shape layers and their paths. How to create those paths, import them from other programs like Illustrator or Photoshop and use them with a hanfull of tricks to be able to morph & transition between each other. We will be working of course in our favourite motion graphics software - Adobe After Effects. No matter which version you use, After Effects CS6 or After Effects CC I will outline the differences if any occur and it will be the perfect intro for you to jump into those programs.
Why This Course?
This course will take you by hand even if you are a total beginner. Some After Effects Courses are all about theory, they go several hours about every single feature there is, showing you what you can possibly do but not actualling completing a real life project, whilist here you are working on a REAL-LIFE example, you are instantly working inside the program alongside with me and learn the neccesary tools to finalize the project inside the class. After Effects is a very effective tool if you use all available tricks & techniques. The best part the price is very low as for an AE class and you only need 1 hour of time to complete the design!
Biggest Benefits of this class:
- Learn a new motion animation in After Effects
- Understand what the "First Vortex" is,
- Learn to Convert Shapes into Paths,
- Convert *.AI files into paths or track them,
- Learn to work and populate After Effects Shape Layers,
- Learn a morph effect between several shapes or icons,
- Simple tricks like pre-composing, adding effects, keyframing included,
- Get the concept of what a parametric shape and a bezier path shape is,
- Learn AE CS6 and AE CC from the inside
- ...and so much more!
Make use of excellent software like after Effects is and use this technique for YouTube, Videos, Projects, Work for Your Clients and know more about motion design than you did before. What are you waiting for....Enroll now!
Instructor Details
- 4.2 Rating
170 Reviews
Andrew Pach
Hi! My name is Andrzej Pach (but Andrew is easier to say ^^) and I spend my daily time with graphic design, presentations, motion & animation, typography, video editing, and online teaching. Most of my work is done in Adobe After Effects & Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 / 2021 / 365 and Camtasia so naturally, this is the software I want to teach about and share my experience with. I have completed more than 5000 graphic projects for clients, mostly including video animations like intros, outros, and transitions for various YouTube channels & marketers. On Fiverr alone (a freelancing website), I have more than 3500 reviews and 4k+ finished jobs. I would like to share with you the knowledge that I was able to "stack up" during the process. I am always willing to help people out by enhancing their brands and projects.
Who am I?
I'm born in 1989, live in a small village in Poland, and graduated from my University in July 2014. A few years back, when I tried to find my "place" after getting hired to prepare a website, flyer, and business card for a local business in my area, I finally "felt it". Since then (2011) I have expanded my skills in this area by completing various graphic, website, and design-related projects. Places like the Warrior Forum, freelancing websites, and graphic contests across the web caught my interest and never let me go. I run my own company since April 2015.
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Reviews
By Noelle Sercer on 1/26/2026
This is extremely outdated, 10 years makes a huge difference when learning in adobe applications
By Fernando Alvarenga on 5/24/2024
It's a great course for beginners, it does repeat itself a little bit to much making it longer than needed. As an advanced After Effects user i still got some small little tricks I hadn't use before.
By Ryan Kolb on 2/1/2024
This is perfect and exactly what I need. It's the step between basic, never seen AE before and the difficult task of wondering, Okay, now what? This course answers that question and I love it.
By Baron Dorff on 2/13/2023
So far, he's referenced that we can use his resources, but no mention of where to find them. I've assumed I should following along, but can't without the resources. Lots of skipping around to this point, and finally at the end he says to watch once, then follow. Feels very disjointed so far.
By Mandi verey on 5/30/2018
Really good easy to learn from. only just getting into this one but looks great so far and easy to follow especially with limited knowledge of adobe after effects
By Darryl Kaalund on 1/21/2017
I thought to morph shapes for a project. The shape files were created in Adobe illustrator. I couldn't figure out how to do this in After Effects. By taking this course I've learned not only how to morph complex shapes for my project, I've also learned a number of other AE tricks. Thank you!
By Oscar Fonseca on 12/6/2015
I liked the course. I felt in some parts the course was a little too fast but I managed to complete the projects and learn something new. I'm glad you covered the icons that have more that one path. I will still need to see the lesson video again to work with icons with more than one path. Anyways it was a good course. Thanks!
By Cat Palana on 9/8/2015
This, the previous one and the Powerpoint courses all are extremely valuable in terms of animation practice, designer knowledge, and workflow tips. Best I've taken + I was able to complete the projects inside the class which gave me the neccesary push to attent to other classes aswell. Thank you !
By Neetha Reddy on 9/6/2015
Andrzej thank you so much for a fun practical course. I have looked around for shape morphing for some time. Most tutorials I found are 5 minute quick instruction. As someone new to After Effects I was not sure how to do the task. I saw you that you were going to focus only on this lesson for an hour I knew this was for me. I saw the entire course module. Thanks for taking us from the beginning and actual completion of project successfully. Very beneficial for a new beginner because you go through the interface with a brief simple example and then go step by step to follow along. A good pace, clear and precise. Great course. Recommend it!! Looking forward to morphing shapes as well as text. :)
By Lu I on 9/5/2015
Just completed taking this course and I found it to be very informative. I really like instructor's pacing and how he explained why we need to do certain things and why we shouldn't do other things. It's a shame that he doesn't have more courses in After Effects because I would definitely take more.
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