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animating a layer along an imported path over time
Hi!
I need to take a layer in after effects and make it move over time along a spiral vector i have created in illustrator. I know about auto orient along path but I don’t want to keyframe a spiral in position keyframes to create the motion path that way.
Hope that makes sense! Thanks in advance, john
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You can copy the mask from Illustrator and paste it onto a solid in AE, which will create a mask. Then, copy the mask shape (emphasis: the *shape*, not the whole mask object) and paste it into the position parameter of the layer you want to animate. I’m not in front of Illustrator right now so I’m not sure if you can paste the path directly into the position parameter, but the two-step process should definitely work.
(There’s a setting in Illustrator you need to take care of for the copy paste to work, I think it’s “preserve paths” and “copy as AICB”).
AA
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