How to Make a Circle Outline or Hollow Circle in After Effects
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to make a circle outline in Adobe After Effects. You may also call this a hollow circle or empty circle or circle border in After Effects.
Here’s a quick recap:
Activate the Ellipse Tool in the Toolbar. Draw a Circle in the Composition Panel. You can hold down the Shift key to make a perfectly round circle. Under “Fill” in the Toolbar, click the color. In the menu that appears, click the None button icon then click OK. Under Stroke, click the color option and select the color. Then set the width in pixels of the stroke next to the Stroke section in the Toolbar.
Jump to Each Section:
0:00 Make a Circle Using Ellipse Tool in After Effects
1:02 Make a Circle Hollow in After Effects
1:26 Add a Stroke to a Circle in After Effects
2:12 Next learning steps
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