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Trying to figure out how to “unravel” something
I’m wondering if anyone has suggestions on a way to “unravel” or “unroll” a line in AfterEffects. Imagine the tail of a seahorse curled up, how would you uncurl it in AE? I got the idea last night while watching The Nightmare Before Christmas. There’s a scene early in the movie when Jack walks up a hill that has a long, tapered end to it that’s curled up. When Jack walked to the end of the hill the curled up piece uncurls. I realize the whole movie was done with stop motion but I was wondering if there’s a way to achieve the same result in AE. Here’s another example of this – look at how the plant “tongues” curl up in this clip:
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Well, it depends on the kind of thing you want to animate.
If what you want to aminate is something like a line, just draw a line with the mask tool, animate its shape the way you want and apply the Stroke effect.If you want a more complex object for the job, maybe Mesh Warp can help you (just maybe).
I hope it helps.
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Any ideas on how to do this?
I’m wanting to make something like this tail but can’t figure out how to do it without going frame by frame and screwing up the proportions and shape along the way
https://youtu.be/mGijLaiVqsU?t=148
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the link was supposed to start at 2:27!
Thanks,
Luke.
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