How to make an object follow and interact with a path shape

[Viacheslav Sasykin]

There is a number of ways you can do it.
You may want watch this tutorial first (by Maltaannon):
https://maltaannon.com/articles/after-effects/cgsnake/
then if you gonna have more questions ask here.
Hope it helps.

[Fabricio Araujo]

Thank you very much for youe attention, Viacheslav but is not exactly the result I was looking for.

I cant create segments for the effect.
I need to bend a thin and long image several times to create the effect I want.
The moving is softer but I need to do it in the tree axis.

To explain it better is just imagine a camera in the back of a snake following it movement… up, down, left, right and foward.

I hope Id been good enough in this explanation.

Hope you can help me!!!

Thank you very much indeed!

Fabricio Araujo

[Viacheslav Sasykin]

If you want real 3D distortion/bending etc.applied to picture/video then you probably need something like Zaxwerks 3D Layer Warp or Forge Freeform (plug-ins for AE) or Boris Blue (standalone program/plug-in). May be Trapcode Form but I`m not sure if it can do what you want.
On Alan Shisko`s blog you`ll find pretty good tutorial about Zaxwerks 3D Layer Warp, just search it.
Good luck!

[Viacheslav Sasykin]

If you want real 3D distortion/bending applied to your picture/video then you need something like Zaxwerks 3D Layer Warp or Forge Freeform (plug-ins for AE) or Boris Blue (standalone program/plug-in). May be Trapcode Form but I`m not sure if it can do what you want.
There is a pretty good tutorial on Alan Shisko`s blog about Zaxwerks 3D Layer Warp, just search for it,
Good luck!