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    sucking layers in to a point

    Posted by Craig Hellen on July 11, 2013 at 8:31 am

    Hi Guys n Gals

    So I have been struggling with particular on a separate thread and i cant get it working so here’s a follow up question.

    If i wanna suck a load of layers into a point in a spiral vacume motion as if looking down on the central point, how best would i do that, if i have around 60-80 layers (duplicates of 6 original layers)

    This needs to be done WITHOUT particular as i just cant get it working right, i think it’s my gfx card, but thats a separate discussion.

    Please see my mock up showing the motion required.
    Ideally i would have the option to have the layers be fixed in their own rotational axis.

    Suggestions?

    LINK to motion req. screenshot2013-07-11at09.28.11.png

    Co-Director Podchains Ltd
    Video Producer / Motion graphics designer https://bexmedia.net

    Craig Hellen replied 12 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Matthew Keane

    July 11, 2013 at 9:49 am

    Hi,

    If the movement towards the centre is fairly smooth, you could parent your layers to a null at the centre, which would rotate to give the circular motion, and then scale the null down to make the layers move in a spiral. If you want the child layers to stay upright and the same scale, you could add a couple of expressions to invert the rotation from the parent null, and compensate for the scaling down.

    Alternatively, if you want the motion to look a bit more organic and random, you could look at the Newton script on aescripts.com – version 2 had a magnetism feature which could do what you want.

    Matthew Keane

    Freelancer based in Paris, France
    – Motion Graphics, Video Editing & Effects, Watchout Programming & Live Operation.

  • Tudor “ted” jelescu

    July 11, 2013 at 11:31 am

    ShapeShifter AE can do that quite easily with no need for layer duplication. Just apply SSAE to each of the 6 layers, use Generator to multiply and offset your instances in a spiral and animate the position and scale.

    Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
    Senior VFX Artist

  • Craig Hellen

    July 11, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    Thanks guys will be tryoing this after lunch, the comp is coming on nicely.

    Many thanks for the continued support!

    Craig

    Co-Director Podchains Ltd
    Video Producer / Motion graphics designer https://bexmedia.net

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