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  • Tracing dashed line below motion path

    Posted by Gavin Murdoch on May 5, 2016 at 6:15 pm

    Hi,

    I have a pre comp of a bee which I plan to animate along a motion path with rotation auto-orient enabled. What I’m looking for is a way to automatically trace a dotted line beneath where the bee has flown.

    See image for what I’m trying to achieve.

    Thanks in advance,

    Gav

    Kalleheikki Kannisto replied 10 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    May 6, 2016 at 7:06 am

    Make a duplicate of the motion path as a shape layer shape and make the stroke dotted. Add a trim paths to the shape layer and animate the trim paths end value the same as your motion path progress.

  • Gavin Murdoch

    May 6, 2016 at 7:20 am

    Thanks for your response. I have got this far but I was hoping for an expression that would like the creation of the dotted line to the movement of the bee comp.

  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    May 6, 2016 at 4:07 pm

    How are you controlling the bee movement?

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