Cylinders. Quick and easy.
It's rarely simple to create a cylinder in After Effects, but it should be.
Create shape layer coins, tubes, and of course cans with control over size and tilt.
Available for free 😚
That Can-do attitude
Quick start
Manual
Width
The horizontal size of the shape
Height
The vertical size of the shape
Invert:
Toggle the locations of the top and bottom colors
Useful when flipping the shape and the motion should continue rather than oscillate
Flip
Simulation of rotation along the x-axis
Negative values show the bottom edge of the shape
Anchor Position
sets the location of the layer's anchor point to control how a cylinder expands. Center expands outward, Top expands down, Bottom expands upward. The top and bottom anchors will be set at the midpoints of the upper and lower faces of the cylinder.
Changelog
1.1.1
Aug 27, 2023
Changed
Flip renamed to Tilt
Kbar toolbar
Kbar button creates a new shape layer before applying the preset
1.1.0
Sep 22, 2020
Added
Separate Flip control
Invert control for full rotation
Changed
Updates to shape layering for more stable drawing at thin sizes
1.0.2
Sep 15, 2020
Changed
Renamed from
Cylindroid
toSoupcan
1.0.1
Dec 13, 2019
Added
Color pickers (top, bottom, side)
Fixed
Bottom edge when vertical size goes negative (thanks to Jack from 2deadfrog.com)
1.0.0
Dec 2, 2019
Initial release