flat lines - masked or stroke
by desrever
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Dec 28, 2007 at 4:13:45 am
I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to grow lines and be able to curve and shape them in 2d space as in the first few seconds of this:
would the smartest way be to generate stroke revealing a solid OR mask (created in illustrator maybe?) an oversized solid and reveal with another mask....
I'm just thinking that with several super oversized solids masked and a camera moving around them that AE might get a bit bogged down.
Any suggestions without 3rd party plugins would be helpful
Re: flat lines - masked or stroke by Dave LaRonde on Dec 28, 2007 at 4:40:47 pm
I think it would be easiest to create an open-ended mask (not a closed one), apply the stroke effect and animate it. I don't have AE open in front of me, so I'm guessing you'd animate the end point.
Know that stroke ALWAYS uses a round brush. You can't change it. You have to get inventive if you want a flat-ended line.
