Some people think animating is easy but it is not. Lots of things may go wrong.
This is another exercise from Emanuele Colombo's Motion Secrets course. I developed the bend tool while working on this animation. Read more about the bend tool below.
Bend Tool
The Bend tool is an After Effects tool that helps to apply the Bend Deformer on more complex setups. It eliminates all math. It watches for your actions, calculates what it should do and does exactly that. It is based on the principles of the "CC Bend It" tool but is enhanced with automation, dynamic updating of values upon move, scale, rotate or apply additional transforms.
It works with all kinds of layers such as shapes, texts, pre-comps and images.
In simple words, this tool is a more reliable and comfortable replacement for the CC Bend It tool in After Effects.
You can download the bend tool for free here:
https://motionape.gumroad.com/l/bend-tool
https://motionape.gumroad.com/l/bend-tool