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Learn 7 practical tips for animating maps in After Effects. For cartographers and mapmakers, and all graphic designers. This demo was originally presented at NACIS 2025 and offers a concise overview that I use as a professional cartographer. If you’d like a deeper dive into any specific method, leave a comment with the exact technique you’re curious about. Or if you'd like me to dive deeper into the broader general tips I share here. I enjoy sharing specific techniques, like motion tracking, easing, trimming paths, and other AE effects as they relate to mapmaking.

Bellingham Bay Marathon Video:    • Animated (unofficial) Map of Bellingham Ba...  
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Key Moments:
00:00 Intro
01:24 What is After Effects
02:26 My typical workflow
03:12 Tip 1 - Storyboard
03:20 Tip 2 - Keyframes & Layers
5:13 Tip 3 - Copy and Paste keyframes
06:14 Tip 4 - Set up GIS to align with animation objectives
08:01 Tip 5 - Organize Illustrator layers to fit animation objectives
11:27 Tip 6 - Precompose / Precomposition
12:12 Tip 7 - Create shapes from vector layers