<p>Why not just start with a full screen square and simply position it off the bottom of the frame.  You can then simply animate it moving up.  Even if you have something on the square, it will generally look better to slide in than stretch in.  If there isn't anything on the square, it will look the same either sliding or stretching in if I understand your scenario correctly.</p>

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2014-12-05T16:15:24.377Z
2014-12-05T16:15:24.377Z
AJ Henderson
<p>First it's important to know which version of After Effects you use. It might be different from one version to another. But in general all parameters of an element can be changed over time. If when you select an element there is a small stop-clock you can select to change this parameter for different positions in your timeline. When you activate the stop-clock you can change the position, height and so on for every point in you timeline.
It's very hard to explain this just by words. You can learn using AfterEffects best by watching some tutorials on YouTube ;)</p>

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2014-12-04T15:19:55.077Z
2014-12-04T15:19:55.077Z
DaSch
<p>If you're working in an HD comp (1920x1080), and create a rectangle that fills the screen,then a horizontal scale of 100% equates to 1920, and a vertical scale equates to 1080. </p>

<p>I think you might be having a problem with your anchor points. If you want to scale from one corner of a rectangle, then you need to move the shape's anchor point to a corner before you scale it up or down. Have a read about the "pan behind" tool. </p>

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2014-12-05T07:49:47.540Z
2014-12-05T07:49:47.540Z
tomh
<p>I want to change the height of a rectangle bottom - top from 0 to 1080px starting from position -1080 to 0. How do I do that? By default the transform does not have a size. It does have a scale but it's blurring out the edges when I'm trying to do the same with it.</p>

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2014-12-04T16:12:10.007Z
I'm not sure what you are saying.  Are you saying you want to have a box start as a line on the bottom of the screen and expand upward to fill the screen?  And that when you try, the edge ends up blurry?  Are you sure this is a bad thing, motion blur tends to make motion look more smooth.
AJ Henderson
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2014-12-05T02:03:16.497Z
Yes. Start as a line and fill the screen by expanding upwards. Using AE CC
Amit Das
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How to animate the size (width and height) of a rectangle animation in after effects?
Amit Das
# How to animate the size (width and height) of a rectangle animation in after effects?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-04)

I want to change the height of a rectangle bottom - top from 0 to 1080px starting from position -1080 to 0. How do I do that? By default the transform does not have a size. It does have a scale but it's blurring out the edges when I'm trying to do the same with it.

**Tags:** after-effects, animation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm not sure what you are saying.  Are you saying you want to have a box start as a line on the bottom of the screen and expand upward to fill the screen?  And that when you try, the edge ends up blurry?  Are you sure this is a bad thing, motion blur tends to make motion look more smooth.  
> **username_0**: Yes. Start as a line and fill the screen by expanding upwards. Using AE CC  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-05. Score: 1

Why not just start with a full screen square and simply position it off the bottom of the frame. You can then simply animate it moving up. Even if you have something on the square, it will generally look better to slide in than stretch in. If there isn't anything on the square, it will look the same either sliding or stretching in if I understand your scenario correctly.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-12-04. Score: 0

First it's important to know which version of After Effects you use. It might be different from one version to another. But in general all parameters of an element can be changed over time. If when you select an element there is a small stop-clock you can select to change this parameter for different positions in your timeline. When you activate the stop-clock you can change the position, height and so on for every point in you timeline.
It's very hard to explain this just by words. You can learn using AfterEffects best by watching some tutorials on YouTube ;)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-12-05. Score: 0

If you're working in an HD comp (1920x1080), and create a rectangle that fills the screen,then a horizontal scale of 100% equates to 1920, and a vertical scale equates to 1080.

I think you might be having a problem with your anchor points. If you want to scale from one corner of a rectangle, then you need to move the shape's anchor point to a corner before you scale it up or down. Have a read about the "pan behind" tool.


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