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Thanks for the tip I will give this a try. Is there any way to do the exact same thing and substitute either a vector or bitmap instead of the text? I did find a few good arrows to use in WingDings font, so maybe that will work.
Thanks again,

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Thanks a million. Seems very logical once I tried it.
Last question. I can tweak things so that the trailing flow stays somewhat behind the path, but is there a way to constrain the directionality of the flow so that it doesn’t spread or stray from the path.

Perhaps I would be better off using a stroke effect combined with fractal noise or something to give me a similar effect.

Thanks for your help!!!

[Qeffects]

Thanks a million. Seems very logical once I tried it.
Last question. I can tweak things so that the trailing flow stays somewhat behind the path, but is there a way to constrain the directionality of the flow so that it doesn’t spread or stray from the path.

Perhaps I would be better off using a stroke effect combined with fractal noise or something to give me a similar effect.

Thanks for your help!!!

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Youo mention other techniques work better. Do you have something in mind that might put me on the right track.

Thanks,
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Is it possible to assign the position of the producer to a path that I draw with a bezier curve?

Thanks,
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Is it possible to assign the position of the producer to a path that I draw with a bezier curve?

Thanks,
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Thanks for the reply.
Basically I would like to draw a bezier path with the pen tool and set particles to flow along this path with the ability to control particle velocity, look, size, direction etc…
I typically create particle motion in 3d, but would like the same kind of control in AE to create similar effects in the 2d world. Ideally, I would like to be able to use any object as a particle.

For instance:
several fish swimming up a curvy stream,
or a grainy liquid traveling inside a curvy tube.

That kind of thing.

Thanks,