• Adobe After Effects

  path animation

  Posted by Andy Bentley on January 14, 2006 at 4:09 pm

  Are there any tutorials on how to animate a solid along a path while also having the solid morph to the path. For instance if I wanted to make the look of elongated electrons flowing along a grid, when I have a curve I want the electron shape to curve with the path, not just change the direction of motion. I know there are stroke animation plug-ins that will do this, but unfortunately I can’t spend any money. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thanks,
  media3sixty5

  Jim Kanter replied 20 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jim Kanter

  January 16, 2006 at 4:20 pm

  When you put the electron layer on the path, turn on Auto-Orient so the layer will curve with the path and stay perpendicular to it. The electron layer can still be animated independently of the position changes and auto-orientation, but rotations will have to be tweaked if there are sharp curves.

  Jim Kanter,
  Digital Film Institute
  http://www.dfilminst.com

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