• Adobe After Effects

  Point with trailing path question

  Posted by Jeff Peters on November 6, 2018 at 4:04 pm

  Hi everyone! I wondered if anyone could provide some general tips/pointers. I am making a scene that shows the earth as a globe, and I want to create some bright points that move at an arch from one city/location on the globe to another. Similar to the still found in the image here (https://goo.gl/YJTEJA) only difference being that I want to animate it as described above. I’m not asking for an overall how-to here, but just maybe some ideas on how to accomplish this? It’s new territory for me.

  I do understand that I could make a path with the pen tool and do an animation that follows the path and traces the line, but I am not sure the pen tool is the best way to accomplish this. I don’t think I could make clean enough looking arcs with it, but I could be wrong. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

  Kalleheikki Kannisto replied 7 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jeff Peters

  November 7, 2018 at 2:43 pm

  Ah, makes sense. On the plus side I work with a few 3D modelers in my group here, so that will work out nicely. Thanks Dave
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  Kalleheikki Kannisto

  November 7, 2018 at 3:30 pm

  Then there’s this. If I recall correctly, it uses Particular for the lines.

  https://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-world-traveler-animation-to-show-where-in-the-world-youve-been–ae-23354

  Kalleheikki Kannisto
  Senior Graphic Designer

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