• Adobe After Effects

  Showing motion path/dotted line depicting travel

  Posted by Neil Orman on April 7, 2011 at 5:20 pm

  Hi,
  I’m trying to show the path of an airplane across a map, specifically a dotted line to track the plane’s path until it’s complete, like when we see Indiana Jones’ path in those movies. Would this be done with a Paint effect, Motion Sketch or something like that? I was hoping I could just choose an option to show the motion path or something like that, but I didn’t see a choice like that. I would really appreciate any insights on this.

  Thank you very much,
  Neil

  Neil Orman replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Walter Soyka

  April 7, 2011 at 6:53 pm

  [Neil Orman] “I’m trying to show the path of an airplane across a map, specifically a dotted line to track the plane’s path until it’s complete, like when we see Indiana Jones’ path in those movies.”

  See Aharon Rabinowitz’s Shape Layer Tip #3: Trim Paths [link].

  Walter Soyka
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  Neil Orman

  April 8, 2011 at 2:53 pm

  Thanks very much for the link, Walter. This video is great!
  Much appreciated,
  Neil

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