Animate an Arrow Along a Path | After Effects Tutorial & Free Preset

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In a previous video, I showed you how to animate an arrow on a single layer in Adobe After Effects. Watch the original video first: https://youtu.be/P25PrXLUwk8

In this video, I’ll show you how to update the expressions from the original animated arrow so that you can also animate the arrow along a path (by animating the Offset value, under Trim Paths, for the line). Copy the expressions here: https://www.meganfriesth.com/tutorials/animatearrows

In this video:
0:54 Update the Arrowhead’s Position Expression
6:35 Update the Arrowhead’s Rotation Expression
7:56 Switch the Direction of the Arrow
9:02 Update the Arrow Preset

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