• Adobe After Effects

  How to animate a vector graphic like 3D path text

  Posted by Tim Boknecht on May 18, 2010 at 10:32 pm

  Smarter people:

  I’d like to animate a vector business logo graphic on a path the same way you can for text like in the following example:

  Infinite Effect Productions Take 1 from Tim Boknecht on Vimeo.

  Note: There are elements to the logo that are not a part of this example. That’s why I need to be able to use a vector.

  Any ideas how I might accomplish this?

  Tim Boknecht
  Media Producer
  Bravo Productions

  Michael Szalapski replied 16 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tim Boknecht

  May 18, 2010 at 10:50 pm

  I’ve got AE CS4 but no plugin. Guess I’ll play with CC Cylinder, or find a way to use multiple layers for each word to achieve the look of the original still.

  

  Thanks for the feedback, Dave!
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  Michael Szalapski

  May 18, 2010 at 11:27 pm

  Yeah, you can do this with CC Cylinder. You’ll want to apply the Grow Bounds effect first, that way you can adjust how bent it gets.

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