# Animated stroke ignoring matte?

**URL:** <https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/animated-stroke-ignoring-matte/4444>\
**Category:** Lottie Animation Design\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/animated-stroke-ignoring-matte/4444 "2023-06-12T19:05:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![patrickbirks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/patrickbirks/32/2839_2.png) [@patrickbirks](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/patrickbirks)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/animated-stroke-ignoring-matte/4444/1 "2023-06-12T19:05:25Z")

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Hey y’all!

I’m trying to animate a stroke in AE using the trim paths and I wanted the stroke to tapper, but i’m finding out that tapper doesn’t seem to export using bodymovin so I thought I could try using a matte as a work around, but for some reason when I export my stroke seems to ignore the matte. Does anyone have any idea why this would happen, and if there might be a work around?

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**Author:** ![irbypace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/irbypace/32/3165_2.png) [@irbypace](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/irbypace)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/animated-stroke-ignoring-matte/4444/2 "2023-06-12T21:21:54Z")

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I found this article that might help

> **[Stroke taper not showing up in Lottie File render](https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/stroke-taper-not-showing-up-in-lottie-file-render/td-p/13452247)**
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> I have a looping trim path with a tapered stroke on both ends. Upon rendering the tapering does not show up in the Lottie File. The Lottie supported Feature page doesn't talk about tapering. Either I'm doing something wrong, or Lottie does not...