• Adobe After Effects

  Animating dashed strokes (staggers start then looping)?

  Posted by Riley Tate on June 25, 2017 at 12:56 am

  HI Guys,
  I’ve got something i’m trying to animate but don’t quite know how to start ?
  If anybody can throw any suggestions i’d really appreciate it.

  What i’m trying to do is:
  Have 6 dashed lines of uneven length appear on screen at staggered at different times and speed
  and then keep flowing for 6 secs.

  I made a short clip moving 6 placed Illustrator images to conveyor the idea,
  but haven’t managed to get any further than that?

  

  thanks Russell

  Riley Tate replied 9 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Greg Gesch

  June 25, 2017 at 11:52 pm

  Hi Russel, you can draw a line as a shape layer. Toggle open the Stroke 1, set colour/width etc., where it says Dashes press the + twice (this will set up dashes and gap settings) – then keyframe the Offset to have them moving.
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  Riley Tate

  June 28, 2017 at 9:37 pm

  Thanks Greg!

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