Animate illustrator-objects in AE

[Juan A. ibarra peinado]

Yo bro, try use trapcode particular to create the two lines and anime it easy with it, use this tecnic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1KjdSRGPOE)for a rly nice effect.

Hope this helps you bro.

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[Juan A. ibarra peinado]

Yo bro, try use trapcode particular to create the two lines and anime it easy with it, use this tecnic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1KjdSRGPOE)for a rly nice effect.

Hope this helps you bro.

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VTR: JVC BR-HD50
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[Kenneth Tolaas]

Thanks, but I do not really have trapcode particular.

Would be easiest if there is some other way..?

Thanks again,

-Kenneth

[Michael Szalapski]

You can copy paths from Illustrator and paste them into After Effects as masks which can then be animated.

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[David Bogie]

Trapcode is a complete waste of money on this simple project.
Just copy the Illustrator paths and paste them into your AE comp as masks.
You will want to study up on how to setup AI to export the paths properly and how to use paths as masks in AE. It’s all in the manual and on Todd’s community help search system.

bogiesan

[Jon Geddes]

CC Particle World could be used just as easily as Trapcode Particular on this project, and likely give better results than an animated mask.

Jon Geddes
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[Bob Root]

Hi Kenneth,

I would start by rebuilding your curved lines.

As you did before… build one in Illustrator, except this time build it along a circular (not oval) arc.

When you bring the Illustrator file into your AE comp, adjust your anchor point for the curved line layer. If your layer size is (for example) 500×480, you’ll want your anchor point x=500,y=480.

Turn on 3D for your curved line layer and duplicate it.

Rotate your duplicated layer 180 for x and 180 for y.

Add a null object to your composition and parent your two curved line layers to the null. Turn on 3D for your null.

You can now rotate your null on the x axis to “compress” shape of your arc.

Rotating the null on it’s z axis should now give you the result you are looking for.

You may have to tweak the thickness of your shape in Illustrator to get it just right.

I’ve included a AE CS4 file for reference.

Hope this helps.

Bob

493_aepath.aep.zip

[Kenneth Tolaas]

thats the kind of answers we like.. =)

I havent used 3d before, but I will try your recipe, and see if I can make it work..

-Kenneth

[Kenneth Tolaas]

I made it work quite well, but when I turn around the blue lines with 3d, they are totally flat, is there a way to make them thicker, to make them 3d as well, I guess it would be..?

[Michael Szalapski]

You can do as Jon Geddes suggested and use CC Particle World or, as has been mentioned previously Trapcode’s Particular.

Or you can duplicate your animated layer 10-20 times and offset each layer by a pixel on the z-axis.

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