Summary  
This chapter covers how to build and organize composite vector shapes by adding and customizing path primitives, applying fills and strokes (including dash patterns), and grouping elements to control hierarchical styling and transformations.  

General domain of usage  
Motion graphics and animation design

Shape layers are **versatile containers** that hold paths, strokes, fills, and various other properties, making them fundamental for creating and animating shapes in your projects.

Definition

In this chapter, **you've learned**:
- What shape layers are and how to create them;
- How to manually add and adjust shapes within a shape layer;
- How grouping shapes affects their properties and behavior;
- How to apply and adjust fill, stroke, and other properties efficiently.

### Mentioned shortcuts


## Task
Create a shape layer with a star with 15 peaks, a pink fill, and a brown dashed stroke.   
It must look as follows:

What happens when you press and hold the shape tool icon in After Effects?

What happens when you apply a stroke outside of grouped shapes in a shape layer?


Dette kursus giver en omfattende introduktion til Adobe After Effects og dækker essentielle værktøjer og teknikker til animation, motion graphics og visuelle effekter. Du vil deltage i præcis øvelse og lære at skabe komplette animationer og avancerede overgange i dedikerede kapitler. Ved kursets afslutning vil du have færdighederne til at fremstille dynamiske animationer og videomateriale af høj kvalitet gennem praktiske projekter.

Undersøg den grundlæggende brugerflade og funktionalitet i After Effects, herunder navigation i kompositioner, lag og essentielle værktøjer. Få kendskab til effektiv projektorganisering og opnå en solid forståelse af grundlæggende transformationer, som danner fundamentet for mere avanceret animationsarbejde.

Shape Layer

Mentioned shortcuts

Task

1. What happens when you press and hold the shape tool icon in After Effects?

2. What happens when you apply a stroke outside of grouped shapes in a shape layer?