For a different project…animated timeline effect suggestions…

[Spooky]

I haven’t seen something like this as stock, but it seems like it would be really straightforward to just build it. Create the basic timeline with dates and circles in Illustrator. Break it into layers and create a before/after state (think themometer kind of thing), bring the layers individually into AE.

Create a mask out of a solid that moves to reveal the “active” portion of the timeline. You could have the circles or dates grow or pulse or something and if feeling ambitious, tie everything into a small set of expressions that links the x-position of the reveal mask to the scaling of the circles.

Now go have some fun with it.

[Spooky]

I wasn’t paying attention to which forum I’m in. I would do the whole thing in After Effects and bring it in to lay over the footage in FCP. You could also do this in Motion.

[Tim Baker]

Wow…I did not even think about using Motion…doh!

Thanks,

Tim Baker
Chameleon Mobile Video Productions
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