• Adobe After Effects

  Motion along a path

  Posted by Nick Haffie-emslie on December 7, 2007 at 6:09 pm

  Hi guys,

  Does anyone know if there is a plug-in (or built-in functionality) that allows you to animate a layer’s Position property along a path (e.g. a Mask on that layer or on another layer)?

  I know there are workarounds (as in the AE Podcast “Scaling Motion Paths”) that involve copying Mask data and pasting it as Motion Path data; but these solutions aren’t very useful to me as I need more control over the timing of the ‘% along path’ property like you have with a Stroke effect.

  I’m trying to stroke a path with an object; that is, a solid has a Stroke effect on it whose ‘End’ is animated from 0 to 100, and a second layer moves as if it’s parented to the leading edge of that stroke.

  I run into some trouble with the Mask>Motion Path workflow when I’m using easing; also, it’d be nice to have a workflow that didn’t involve re-pasting keyframes every time I make a change to the path (instead of being able to use parenting or expression links).

  Thanks
  Nick

  Nick Haffie-emslie replied 18 years, 8 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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