Animating Shapes — Morph and Deform

In Vertex Edit mode, individual path vertices can be keyframed. This enables:

• -Shape morphing — a circle's vertices can be animated to positions that form a square, a star, an irregular blob
• -Organic deformation — soft, living, breathing shape effects
• -Character animation — animating limb and body shapes for simple 2D character rigs

How to keyframe vertices:

1. 1.Switch to Animate mode with Record active
2. 2.Double-click the shape to enter Vertex Edit mode
3. 3.Select a vertex
4. 4.Move it to the desired position at the current time
5. 5.A keyframe is created on that vertex's position track

Each vertex has its own X and Y track. A 20-vertex path generates up to 40 property tracks for a full shape morph.

The corner radius of a rectangle is a single numeric value and is easily animated. Create a keyframe at 0px and another at 100px (or half the short side) to produce a smooth rectangle-to-circle morph.

Circle elements with Start Angle and End Angle properties can animate these values:

• -Start and end angle both sweeping produces a rotating arc
• -End angle animating from 0 degrees to 360 degrees with the end staying at the leading edge produces a progress ring draw-on effect

Animating a star's inner radius from 0 to 0.8 of the outer radius produces a morphing from spike to fat star. Animating the point count is a discrete change (jumps between integer values) but can create a rhythmic pulsing effect when combined with easing.