From the course: Mograph Techniques: Shape Animation in After Effects

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Animating the hourglass

Animating the hourglass - After Effects Tutorial

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Animating the hourglass

In this movie we are going to work on the animation of the sand watch along with other elements of glass animating inside to create the feeling that time is passing by. And we also going to work on those top and bottom lines. So they will stretch across the scene. So, a lot of elements are going to animate together. And this is the reason why I've set up those markers here in the timeline. If we are going to zoom inside, we can see that some of the markers have duration that will help us to determine how long the animation should last. And by the way if you want to know how I did it, just double click on this marker and you can set a duration over here under the options of the marker. This is why we are seeing this end line that represents this duration. Okay, so let's start by just isolating first the sand watch element, and I want to reveal this element with the help of an effect, and the effect that I'm looking for is a radial wipe. So go to the effects and presets panel, and start…

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