• Apple Motion

  How to make Lines flow

  Posted by Lucas Vollebergh on October 19, 2011 at 2:42 pm

  Hi,

  I would like to compose something like in this movie:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spUSCp3NV9g&feature=related

  watch the lines move at 00:15

  How can you do this?

  Thanks!

  Lucas

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  Stephen Smith replied 14 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Stephen Smith

  October 19, 2011 at 2:51 pm

  Use a tool like the Bezier tool and create the line. Then add a Write On behavior and it will make the bezier line write onto the screen. To control the speed of the write on change the length of the behavior. Best of luck.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

  Check out my Motion Training DVD

  Check out my Motion Tutorials
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  Lucas Vollebergh

  October 22, 2011 at 7:26 pm

  In a photoshop layer the write-on plugin won’t work.
  + when I use the bezier tool there is a small line and it gets thicker. There has to be no line and it must become a line.

  Thanks!!
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  Stephen Smith

  October 24, 2011 at 3:43 pm

  You have two options.

  -Photoshop lines: You use the bezier tool and trace the Photoshop lines. Add the write on tool to the bezier line and turn your white bezier line into an image mask to reveal the photoshop line below it. If you haven’t used a image mask check out this Hologram tutorial that covers image masks half way in.

  -Without Photoshop: Use the bezier or B-spline tool and make your lines. To change the lines thickness go to the Shape tab. Make it an Outline and change the brush type to Airbrush. Change the Spacing to 1. Go to Stroke. click on the “Width over Stroke” discloser triangle. Move the key frames up or down to increase or decrease the width of the stroke at that part of the stroke.

  Both these concepts are thoroughly covered in the COW Motion training DVD Moving with Motion.

  Best of luck.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

  Check out my Motion Training DVD

  Check out my Motion Tutorials

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