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Simple line help needed
I’m trying to draw a line on a map from city to another. I know how to use a mask to make it draw on but I’m having difficulty creating a line with a bezier curve to it. The line tool doesn’t seem to have that ability? Any idease? I’m using AE 6.5 and PS 6.0
Dan
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4 Replies
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You can double-click the map layer and use the pen tool to create a bezier path from point A to point B. Next add the Stroke Filter to the path… I think it’s under Render in 6.5. The Stroke filter will allow you to set the color, size and softness. You can animate the line to draw on.
Hope this helps,
kurt murphy
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Hi
…….and here is a tutorial
https://www.adobe.com/special/aftereffects/tips/movies/moving_map.html -
Take the Pen tool, make a point “A”, then, go further in the comp window, and make a “B” Point, and just after you made your point “B”, !dont let go your left mouse button!, move your mouse to any direction and it will make a bezier curve with the line.
Or, draw 2 points with the mask, like above, and press G four times in a row so you have the Bezier Tool. Then, just take that tool and press your “A” and/or “B” points, then move it to any directions (without letting go your mouse button, of course).
Or check RotoBezier in the toolbox.
Hope that helped.
Justin Productions
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Here’s another:
Draw your line.
Apply Cycore or Boris Sphere to the line layer.
This will give you a trajectory up into the sky above the map.bogiesan
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