Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:18 pm
Thank you. I found a solution in a YT video. Create a background, color white, and adjust its Y downward, so that about half of it shows at the bottom. Add a rectangle mask , and on top of that, a rectangle. Add a Coordinate Space, and set it to Polar to Rectangular (this seems backwards to me, but it works.) Animate the rectangle mask, moving X from .5 to off screen left. Both rectangles should be square, with sides equal to the comp's horizontal dimension. Add another background and pipe the coordinate space to its mask input. This produces a radial mask that starts at 9 o'clock (pointing horizontal left.) I added a static transform to subtract 90 degrees, so that the mask starts straight up at 12 o/clock. can't say I quite understand what's happening, but it works. Since both the foreground and background of the comp are similar, I added a rotating line over the edge of the mask to indicate progress.
I'm not sure I'm explaining this clearly, so, if you'd like, I can attach a screen shot of the flow, or a link to the YT video.