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  • Start Trim Path Making Dashed Line Dance

    Posted by Brandon Davids on February 21, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    I have created a dashed line on a shape layer and added a Trim Path and I’m trying to animate the start point towards the end point, but it’s making the dashes dance around. I suppose I could delete the path and start it from the other end and then animated the End Trim Path (I’ve noticed the end path doesn’t make the dashes dance), but I was just wondering if there is a quicker workaround?

    Brandon Davids replied 9 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Walter Soyka

    February 21, 2017 at 8:34 pm

    [Brandon Davids] “I suppose I could delete the path and start it from the other end and then animated the End Trim Path (I’ve noticed the end path doesn’t make the dashes dance), but I was just wondering if there is a quicker workaround?”

    You can just reverse the direction of the path. There’s a little button next to the path property in the timeline panel that looks like this: . Click it.

    Walter Soyka
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  • Brandon Davids

    February 22, 2017 at 2:59 pm

    Thanks, too easy!

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