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  Bending a line

  Posted by Ángel Molina lópez on January 4, 2017 at 8:26 pm

  Hi everyone:

  I can’t find anything about this effect so I have to ask you. How can I bend a line as the example below while it’s moving around the comp?

  Thx.

  Video curve line

  PD.: I’ve posted this in the Vegas forum because I’m stupid so my apologises for repeating a threat haha.

  Blaise Douros replied 9 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Blaise Douros

  January 4, 2017 at 8:58 pm

  Apply a Stroke effect to a mask that consists of a single line. Animate the mask, and use the bezier handles to curve the line when necessary.
  You can also use a Shape layer, but a Stroke gives you the nice rounded ends that are shown in the example you linked to.

  BTW, the link is not correctly formatted, and I had to copy the link location and paste to my browser to get there.
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  Ángel Molina lópez

  January 4, 2017 at 9:09 pm

  It works, thanks.

  Sorry for the link. I’d swear I linked correctly.
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  Blaise Douros

  January 4, 2017 at 10:17 pm

  No worries, it happens a lot. Glad to help.

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