• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Create Graphical Bow Waves

  Posted by Simon Moser on February 27, 2017 at 9:27 am

  Helllo Everyone!

  I would like to create a simple graphic bow wave behind an object in AE.
  Since i’m not familiar with Java or anything in the world of scripting i hope to find an answer here.

  My Idea is to create a simple (masked) Sonar-Wave on a Object. When i’m moving the object in Time from A to B the Sonar Wave should be displaced with the acceleration from the object.
  Further I’m not convinced with my Idea of the Sonar-Wave since the Bow Wave doesn’t look exactly like this. To get a better understanding of what I would like to do please have a look at the attached image.

  Thanks in Advance for every solving-proposition.
  best,
  Simon

  

  Kevin Camp replied 9 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Kevin Camp

  February 27, 2017 at 4:42 pm

  the radio waves effect is capable of creative something similar to the first 2 examples (the radiating circles/ellipses).

  by default it will make the circular form, but you can use a mask of any shape as the ‘wave type’. you can also adjust the velocity property to get it to offset the waves similar to the elliptical example.

  Kevin Camp
  Art Director
  KCPQ, KZJO & KRCW

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