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Animating a mask on a motion path
I have a “squiggly line” from Illustrator that needs to animate from left to right. I drew a motion path that matches it, but I’m not quite sure how to do it.
I know you can do this in After Effects (see this tutorial here on creative cow). Can you do it in Motion?
Thanks,
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Update: I just animated a freehand bezier curve (which works), but I still wonder if the motion path mask thing could still work…
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Well yeah, just like in AE you can do reveals by animating Motion’s masks over time.
But an easier method is to use the Write-On behavior: Add Behavior>Shapes>Write On
And you can also use the Sequence Paint behavior if your using Motion 3’s new Paint Strokes feature.
And there’s even a script for converting Illustrator shapes to Motion shapes: https://www.motionsmarts.com/downloads.html 🙂
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The MotionSmarts site no longer exists because it was hosted on MobileMe.
Can someone post that script OR list the steps it accomplished so I can try to replicate it?
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Here you go
https://www.applemotion.net/downloads/—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
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Thank you Mark!
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