About AE Shapes Blender

AE Shapes Blender is a script for Adobe After Effects that blends shape paths and animates the result. It offers two blend methods: Blend Directly, where paths merge directly, and Blend Along Spine, where a designated spine path guides the blending. The script creates a structured layer hierarchy, including a Calc layer for calculations, a Spine layer to hold the guiding path, a Blend layer that renders the blended paths, and a Master layer for master path adjustments. Advanced properties such as Stretch, Scale, Offset, Loop, Fill, Stroke, Opacity, and Twist can be accessed through the script’s UI, with Refresh and Update buttons to apply changes. Additional path tools—Match Vertices, Shift Vertex, Reverse Paths, and Open/Close Paths—operate on any selected paths or blends. Users can freeze blends, reverse blend order, replace the spine path, and export completed blends to SVG via the Bodymovin extension’s SMIL format. The script requires the JavaScript expression engine in After Effects.

Features

• Two blend methods: Blend Directly and Blend Along Spine
• Advanced properties including Stretch, Scale, Offset, Loop, Fill, Stroke, Opacity and Twist
• Spine control with options to replace the spine, freeze/unfreeze the blend and reverse blend order
• Path tools for any selected paths or blends: Match Vertices, Shift Vertex, Reverse Paths and Open/Close Paths
• Layer structure split into Calc, Spine, Blend and Master layers
• Export blends to SVG via the Bodymovin extension’s SMIL (svg) format

Best for

Creating blended shape paths and animated loop effects within After Effects projects.