Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity Forums Apple Motion Creating Animated Arrows

  • Creating Animated Arrows

    Posted by Nick Addicks on February 16, 2012 at 5:53 pm

    Hello, I am wondering if there is a pretty simple way in Motion to create an arrow that “grows” along a path.
    I want to show an arrow grow on an incline of a graph.

    Tom Klitus replied 11 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • Stephen Smith

    February 16, 2012 at 6:19 pm

    This is where Motion really shines. This is super easy.

    Create a Bezier line. Go to the Shape, Style tab. Click on the Outline check box. Increase the Width to taste. Set the Start or End Cap to Arrow. You can adjust the arrow head by adjusting the Arrow Length or Arrow Width. Add a Write on Behavior and your arrow grows. Hope this helps and best of luck.

    Stephen Smith
    Utah Video Productions

    Check out my Motion Training DVD

    Check out my Vimeo page

  • Tom Klitus

    September 16, 2014 at 6:05 pm

    Thank you Stephen for the tip! You saved me a lot of time.

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy