• Adobe After Effects

  Easing an Emitter on a Motion Path?

  Posted by Max Jackson on October 13, 2012 at 7:14 pm

  Hi CC,

  I’m trying to ease something that looks like a tentacle going up a window.

  The thing is my tentacle was made in Particular and it’s motion is controlled by a motion path. I’d like to ease the motion so it slinks in quickly, slows down, and then quickly slinks out of the motion.

  However, sine there’s no keyframes I’m having a hard time figuring out out to control the easing of this motion. Time-remapping doesn’t seem to affect it either.

  Is there a simple way to do this?

  Matthew Keane replied 13 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Erik Waluska

  October 13, 2012 at 11:33 pm

  Hi Max, I get the result you’re going for but could you describe how you have this animation set up in a little more detail? The part about not having keyframes has me baffled.
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  Max Jackson

  October 14, 2012 at 3:10 am

  Hi Erik,

  I actually am figuring it out. To ease with a motion path you can use the motion path points in the motion editor to exact easing. I don’t know how this eluded me but I’m making some yardage now.

  That being said, I don’t think there’s a way to do Particular in reverse but I assume once I have the effect perfected I can make a proxy of the animation and then reverse it for the desired effect.

  Thanks for responding though! 😀
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  Matthew Keane

  October 14, 2012 at 11:32 am

  [Max Jackson] ” I don’t think there’s a way to do Particular in reverse”

  I’ve never tried this, but what happens if you set the Physics Time Factor to a negative value once you’ve reached the point where you want things to run backwards?

  Matthew Keane

  Freelancer based in Paris, France
  – Motion Graphics, Video Editing & Effects, Watchout Programming & Live Operation.

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