[Mike Clasby]

Thanks for the suggestions.

[Mike Clasby]

Thanks for the suggestions.

[Mike Clasby]

CTRL c, CTRL v should work, you just need to select (highlight) the mask shape. Select the layer then type “m”, that will twirl down the mask for the layer, select the mask shape and copy, then paste onto your new layer.

Also for future reference, if you want the mask shape to become a path for another layer you can copy/paste the mask shape of one layer into the Position of another layer.

[Mike Clasby]

Wow, that is great stuff, thanks mucho.

[Mike Clasby]

Wow, that is great stuff, thanks mucho.

[Mike Clasby]

Thanks for the updated file. You don’t have to do it in Classic. I can figure it out.

I get a botched delivery for serge at msn dot com, it says –

Reason: Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable

I noticed your NYC Visual site was under construction.

[Mike Clasby]

First,thanks for the DVD contribution, the mov looks great, but I must be something wrong.

When I open the DVD_BOX.aep it gives me two comps, comp 2 is a noise layer, and comp 1 is an inner ring of the DVD Box. I look at the DVD_BOX.mov and it’s so much more. Am I doing something wrong?

DVD_BOX.sit is 533 KB, the uncompressed sit is 2.72 MB. The Folder has the 2,382 KB DVD_BOX.aep and a 406 KB DVD_CASE.ai file (that I don’t see used anywhere).

I don’t have Invig Pro, only the Invig Classic that came with AE6.5, could that be it?

[Mike Clasby]

Dan’s page on “Creating Trails” might help:

https://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/follow-the-leader.html

[Mike Clasby]

Dan’s page on “Creating Trails” might help:

https://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/follow-the-leader.html

[Mike Clasby]

You might try Simulate > CC Ball Action.

Drop the Grid Spacing down to 0 (right click the value, then change the minimum to 0 and adjust the slider).
Make scatter to taste, this pull the dots out of the rigid text shape making them hover about. Keyframe the Instability State to get the amount of hover or random action you want.
Adjust Ball Size to taste.

A lot depends on the font you choose for your text, the skinny ones lose parts if the font is streamlined or too small.

For really small of fine text you might try Simulate > CC Scatterize. or Stylize > Scatter.