# animating along a path After Effects makes it so you can easily create a path as the motion path for an object to follow. This allows you to create complex movements quite easily. The links below show you the process in more detail. Basically, though, the idea is to copy a path line from a vector shape and paste it into the Position info of an object. The anchor points of the path become the keyframes of the Position animation. To align the object to the path, use the pulldown menus for **Layer > Transform > Auto-Orient**, and choose **Orient Along Path**. --- Learn more… - [After Effects Tutorial: Animate Any Object or Text Along a Custom Path YouTube video from SonduckFilm](https://youtu.be/tQ5wqg10x_I) - [Animate an object to follow along a path from Adobe](https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/animate-along-path.html) --- tags: #aftereffects #resources home: [[! after effects]]