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    Animating dashed strokes (staggers start then looping)?

    Posted by Riley Tate on June 25, 2017 at 12:56 am

    HI Guys,
    I’ve got something i’m trying to animate but don’t quite know how to start ?
    If anybody can throw any suggestions i’d really appreciate it.

    What i’m trying to do is:
    Have 6 dashed lines of uneven length appear on screen at staggered at different times and speed
    and then keep flowing for 6 secs.

    I made a short clip moving 6 placed Illustrator images to conveyor the idea,
    but haven’t managed to get any further than that?

    thanks Russell

    Riley Tate replied 9 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Greg Gesch

    June 25, 2017 at 11:52 pm

    Hi Russel, you can draw a line as a shape layer. Toggle open the Stroke 1, set colour/width etc., where it says Dashes press the + twice (this will set up dashes and gap settings) – then keyframe the Offset to have them moving.

  • Riley Tate

    June 28, 2017 at 9:37 pm

    Thanks Greg!

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