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Arrows in AE
Good morning. I have recently started learning to use AE, so my knowledge of any keyboard shortcut is super basic. I recently got a request to do an arrow on a map pointing to a specific country, and I had managed to somehow illustrate the arrow without actually creating one, but the client requested a different effect to be made on it, because they’d rather have the arrowhead come out first, then get to the desired country.
I´ve found a video on youtube that shows exactly what I need, however the video doesn´t really show what things he selected, or if he´s copying and pasting, etc. I guess for a complete beginner like me it´s hard to understand.
This is the video I´m talking about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olCJVQ0Q5xY&hd=1
So I guess my question is, could someone please help me understand what exactly is happening here? The final result is perfectly close to what I need, so it´d be extremely useful to be able to do what this person did. Thank you very much in advance to anyone that takes the time to watch the video.
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2 Replies
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The author is demonstrating the use of expressions to link properties together. This is achieved by alt/option clicking on the time-vary stopwatch to invoke expression mode. Then the properties are linked using the pick-whip.
Look up expressions in After Effects help.
I’ve re-created the arrow as demonstrated here:
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These Arrow preset/script and tutorial would help:
Script: https://www.vdodna.com/products/arrowhead/
Preset: https://www.vdodna.com/products/arrow-preset/good luck
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