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  • Animate a trace line around an object

    Posted by Ashley Davis on August 24, 2016 at 11:10 am

    I have an aerial image of a skyline and I want to animate a line to trace around a particular building. What is the easiest way of doing this?

    John Cuevas replied 9 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • John Cuevas

    August 24, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    Trace a mask around the buildings you want to animate then add the effect Generate > Stroke and set it’s Paint Style to “On Original Image”. Keyframe the end point.

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    ThinkCK

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