VihnSon Nguyen shows how to use a technique with Mettle’s ShapeShifter AE for creating animated bevels on 3D objects in After Effects using shape layers, masks and some 2D filters.

Check out the tutorial for Creating Animated Beveled Edges in After Effects using ShapeShifter AE here.

from the tutorial description: VihnSon Nguyen stops us in our tracks, with his new and inventive uses of built in features found in After Effects. He shows us how to use Shape Layers, Masks and 2D filters with ShapeShifter AE to create some really creative 3D animated bevels and styles. He breaks it down in an easy to follow manner and explores a free project file from mettle, called Free Bevels & Styles. Download the project file and follow along.