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Animating an Illustrator path
Hello,
I need help with the following After Effects and Illustrator project:
I need to animate an Illustrator path as a 2D stroke, and “hover” over it in a 3D space while it’s being “drawn”. Basically, I want to follow the stroke like a winding road that is being drawn before us, as we fly over it. Then I want to pull up and zoom out to reveal the completed trail, a logo.
I’m guessing stroke and camera are the two main elements, I’m just not quite sure how to go about importing the illustrator path, then applying stroke to it, then animating the camera to follow it. Also, I’m not sure about the dimensions for the logo pre-comp. I’m guessing pretty large, since we’ll have to get in pretty close when hovering above the “road” in the 3D cam comp.
I hope this makes sense.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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1 Reply
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You can paste the path onto a new solid, giving you a mask. Apply Stroke to the solid with the mask to animate the stroke.
These tuts should help you setup the stroked solid and camera, Rick was flying a camera down an Illustrator road:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/gerard_rick/AEWeekly1.php
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/gerard_rick/AEWeekly2.php
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