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Vegas on letters – one at a time!
I would like to have the Vegas effect go around a text layer ONE LETTER AT A TIME. How do i do this? The standard settings have lights go around all the letters at the same time – not consecutive letters.
I am trying to create a EKG heart monitor to write words across the screen but all the tuts on creating EKG monitors in AE teach you how to get the Vegas effect around a closed mask. I havent found one that can do this effect for a few words. Any advice? -
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Are you wanting to trace the letters one at a time with a solid line or individual circles like bulbs. I think you mentioned an EKG look, which is more like a solid line which fades out. You could use 3d Stroke from Trapcode. It does exactly what you want and has the ability to animate strokes or paths at the same time or sequentially, as you are.
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I downloaded 3d stroke but do not see how to get it to follow letters of a text layer. can you give me more help on this please?
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Vegas addresses objects in a layer that it calls “contours.” if you have more than one letter, you have lots of contours. It gets even more complicated. If you have a capital R you have a contour around the outside of the letter and one that cuts out the counter. So for the capital R you must apply two copies of Vegas, one for each contour.
bogiesan
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Try this,
Create the text you want to stroke. Then with the text layer selected, click “Layer” then “Auto-Trace…” Use the default settings. Turn off your bottom original text layer. You should now have your text as individual editable masks. To the Auto-traced layer, apply the 3d stroke effect. Turn on “Stroke Sequentially” and then animate the start and end positions to your desire. You can also turn on taper to get the effect you want.
Hope this helps
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