• Adobe After Effects

  Dot plug-in needed ASAP

  Posted by Sara Haralson on October 27, 2020 at 3:18 pm

  Hello – I have a vector graphic of a bunch of dots making up a map. The dots are all the same size and on a grid. I want to animate the dots so they move around and reform a checkmark. There are over 1,000 layers in illustrator and when I’ve tried to import into AE it’s seriously slowed down my project. Do you know of a plug-in that could help me generate this in AE and then control the dots? Thanks!

  Roland R. kahlenberg replied 5 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  October 27, 2020 at 3:34 pm

  Pastiche does this sort of animation very well.
  https://www.motionboutique.com/pastiche/

  Additionally, you may want to use Shape Layers for the dots instead of the AI file. If things bog down, work in stages by animating 25% of the dots at a time – render that and then piece them together once all four chunks have been pre-rendered. These productivity hacks are suggestions on my part. You will likely have better alternatives once you get going. Good Luck.

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