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Flatten Shape Layers

Intro​

Flatten Shape Layers can be used as a deformer on Shapes containing sub-meshes to flatten their internal hierarchy into one single Path or Layer.

UI​

Mode:

  • Single Path - Flattens all geometry into one path. Note - this mode will remove any materials.
  • Single Layer (keeps materials) - Flattens the sub-mesh hierarchy into a single layer.

Maintain Transforms - In certain scenarios, transform information may be lost when applying a Flatten Shape Layers – check this attribute to maintain them. An example of this is applying a Flatten Shape Layers to a Pre-Comp containing a Duplicator which is not positioned at 0,0.

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Order of operations is really important when using Flatten Shape Layers.

Example
  1. Create a Text Shape.
  2. Click the + on the Text Shape's Deformers attribute and select Path Offset to create and connect one.
  3. Set an Offset value on the Path Offset.
  4. On the Text Shape, load its Stroke tab and check Stroke.

The result should look something like:

  1. Click the + on the Text Shape's Deformers attribute and select Flatten Shape Layers to create and connect one.

The result should look something like: