# Shape and Mask Animation - Maxon Autograph

> Part of the documentation index for Maxon Autograph (https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/llms.txt). Section path: Shape and Mask Animation. 24 page(s) in this section.

Overview page:

- [Shape and Mask Animation](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Category_Shape_and_Mask.html.md)

## Pages

- [Shapes Hierarchy](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Shapes_hierarchy.html.md): Just like with text, in order to work with Vector Shapes in Autograph, you have to use the Shapes Generator.This Generator is a container specially …
- [Add Paths and Styles](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Add_paths_and_styles.html.md): The current selection in the Selection Overview defines where the next created Path will be added.
- [Path Transformation](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Path_transformation.html.md): Several items in the Shapes Generator contain a Transform section:
- [Creation and Editing Tools](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Creation_and_editing_tools.html.md): The Shape Tool is used to draw and edit shapes in the viewport. To activate the Shape Tool in the viewport, click on the pencil icon in the left toolbar …
- [Fill Style](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Fill_style.html.md): When you add a Fill style to the Shapes container, it appears with several options in the tree which are on the same line.
- [Stroke Style](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Stroke_style.html.md): When adding a Stroke Style to the Shapes container, several options will appear in the tree on the same line.
- [Shape Style](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Shape_style.html.md): We've described that a Shape is a set of Paths and Styles that produce Pixels. The Shapes Generator is a container for these two types of items. You can …
- [Style and Shape Group Modifiers](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Style_modifiers.html.md): On the Style line, there are options for Visibility, Blend Mode, and Opacity. There is also a button for changing the Style color, and a slot for adding …
- [Boolean Operations](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Boolean_operations.html.md): Paths have a Boolean Operation parameter which can control how a Path is merged with other Paths when working with closed shapes.
- [Path Modifiers](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Path_modifiers.html.md): The Style and Shape Group Modifiers section went over how to add Image Modifiers to a Style or Shape Group, in the same way as a Layer Source.
- [Path and Path Group Lifetime](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Path_and_path_group_lifetime.html.md): Just like with layers, Paths and Path Groups have enabled keyframes which let you define when a Path is active or not.
- [Path Shape Keys](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Path_shape_keys.html.md): Each Path can be animated using its Transform parameter group. But animating this way will keep the Path's solid shape throughout.
- [Individual Point Parameters](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Individual_point_parameters.html.md): The Shape Keys feature allows you to animate all Path points at once. But Autograph also provides the option to access individual Path point parameters …
- [Path Linking and Sharing](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Path_linking_and_sharing.html.md): Parameter Linking makes one parameter dependent on another, while Parameter Sharing allows several parameters of the same type to share a common state.
- [Path Generators](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Path_generators.html.md): The Draw Bézier Curve tool lets you create a Path by adding the points that make it up, one by one.
- [Shape as Mask](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Shape_as_mask.html.md): This Mask slot uses the Alpha channel of whatever is connected to it. This content may come from a connection to a Reader, a Generator, or from a Link or …
- [Text to Paths](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Text_to_path.html.md): The text animation chapter explains how to animate individual characters, words, or lines of text using the Text Generator, Animators, and Selectors.
- [Position to Path (Shape and Mask Animation)](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Position_to_path.html.md): The Position to Path Generator converts a trajectory, represented by the evolution of a 2D parameter over time, into a Path.
- [Table to Path (Shape and Mask Animation)](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Table_to_path.html.md): From its conception, Autograph was designed to be able to graphically represent numerical data. It offers several tools for this purpose, including the …
- [Shapes Anti-Aliasing](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Shapes_anti_aliasing.html.md): After selecting the main Shapes container in the Selection Overview, the options for this Generator will be displayed in the Properties section.
- [Path Overlays](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Path_overlays.html.md): By default Autograph shows the path overlays of all paths within the Composition, whether they are used within a shape layer, mask, or other kind of path …
- [SVG and Shape Conversion](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/SVG_to_shapes.html.md): SVG files can be used as a Layer Source, just like JPEG, PNG, and EXR files.
- [Copy/Paste from Illustrator, Affinity, Figma, etc.](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Copy_paste_from_other_apps.html.md): In Autograph you can use the clipboard to exchange information with vector graphics applications. In these applications, selecting vector paths and …
