Stay healthy & safe everyone. This time I will create a simple medical cross symbol animation for you in After Effects. I hope you’ll enjoy it! See you again soon.

Chapters / Timestamps for better understanding:

0:00 — Final Result
0:18 — Creating the initial composition
0:44 — Drawing the shape that will become the cross itself
1:16 — Animating the shape (one cross line) Size and Position
4:56 — Pre-composing the shape to easily complete the cross by duplication
5:56 — Making the cross shape fade-in using Opacity
6:52 — Creating the circle that comes behind the cross
8:04 — Using Trim Paths to make it seem like the circle is being drawn on the screen
9:09 — This new circle will become the solid red background for the cross
9:43 — Changing the composition background color
9:57 — Let’s see what we have so far
10:12 — Animating the solid circle size to create an “expanding” effect
10:57 — Replaying & Quality Assurance (this part is sped up)
11:09 — Creating another solid circle and making a flickering effect using Opacity
12:52 — Some more Replaying & Quality Assurance…
13:18 — Applying Drop Shadows to the cross create a glow effect (cross and background separately)
14:30 — Final Adjustments
14:55 — And we are done!
15:09 — FINAL RESULT (loop)

Cheers,
Mavi

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