Loading Wheel Animation in After Effects ( Full Process)

In this full process video, I will show you how to create a basic loading wheel animation in after effects Here are some timestamps to make this workflow more understandable: 0:00 Final Result 0:05 Creating the base (circle) for our new loading wheel 0:15 Turning off the fill and enabling the stroke 0:28 Aligning the wheel to the center and renaming it 0:41 Brain Freeze. 0:48 Adding the Trim Path feature to our stroke 1:37 This shape will help us create the fadeout tail effect 2:15 Positioning the shape correctly 2:47 Alpha Inverted Matte does the trick 2:58 More adjusting 4:51 Creating a Precomp so that we can rotate both of these shapes simultaneously (fastest way) 5:12 Using keyframes to add rotation 5:37 Enabling Motion Blur Notice the difference in smoothness 5:45 Adjusting the rotation direction mirroring the PreComp 6:25 Previewing to see what could be improved 7:09 More adjusting 9:10 Trying to apply keyframe easing, which doesnt really look good