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Creating glowing spot along edge
I’m trying different stuff I found on this forum to create my effect, but can’t make the right one.
This is what I want: a small moving glowing spot along a edge. You find this a lot on scorebords in sport programs. See the picture below for an example. The moving spot is above the period/time part or a small one without dot is above the ‘1’ of NY (ignore the glowing part at the left of the period/time).
(yes, I’m a hockey fan 😉 )
I think it’s not that difficult, but I think I need the right start. Found lots of effects with lines, glows, etc, but can’t find a way to match the moving spot (with the trail on the left and right). Hope someone can help me.
Thanx in advance.
Greetz,
Jeroen -
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You’re looking at Effect>Generate>Vegas.
You’ll need to draw a mask with at least three vertices to get it to work. Also set VEgas towork with a mask instead of the default, Image Contour.
You’ll have to swap the values for starting and end values to get the streak to look right – ie. thick to thin. You animate Vegas using its rotation parameter.
Add some Glow to taste and use the Add Blending Mode.
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Thanx, this was exactly what I was looking for. Perfect! Little bit of fine tuning, and a nice result now. 🙂
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