I would love some help.
After Effects CC 2017
Which tool (or combination of) would be best to animate from Frame A to frame B in the attached image (Seed to Tree).
The shapes in the frames are just examples, but the animation I want to create will also be 2D, of solid colour, drawn as vectors in Illustrator.
I would like to be able to control key stages of the animation so I can make it look like the tree is growing in a realistic manner. I'm aware this will take a lot of man hours to get right, but my issue is that I don't know enough about after effects to know which tools would be best.
My ultimate plan is to use a camera controlled by a null object to pan up from seed to full tree while zooming out as the tree grows - but only because that seems to be the best option to allow me to fine tune the framing after nailing the growing animation. Also because the tree is finally to be one component of a much larger scene i will be revealing around the tree, all of which will be separately animated. Open to alternative suggestions.
Thanks in advance,
