In Friction, you can combine different path through path operations. They are also known as boolean operations.

• Select two Path Layers
• In the topbar menu, in Path category, select an operation
• You can use Union, Difference, Intersection, Exclusion, Division operations
• You can also Combine or Break Apart to combine separate Path Layers into one, or break a Path Layer with multiple Paths into separate Layers

Do you know friction ? It is an awesome open source 2d animation software, early stage, which could replace after effect

Unofficial discord https://discord.gg/FkjnM2r2JD Official page https://friction.graphics/