A look at creating a banner animation in After Effects using shape layers from Daniel Brodesky who shows a great workflow for putting together a working rig with some degree of control over the animation.

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a warping ribbon around an object

Daniel shows how to control the animation with an expression slider, covering the basics of using “if” “else” expression and how it can be used to help with this workflow.

Check out the tutorial for creating an animated ribbon wrapping around a shape in After Effects using shape layers here.