Return-Path: Received: from st11p01mm-asmtp005.mac.com ([17.172.204.240] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5243211 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:37:37 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.73] (mail.bsl.com [173.195.48.234]) by st11p01mm-asmtp005.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MUB0008A23JLZ40@st11p01mm-asmtp005.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:38:08 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-10-07_03:2013-10-07,2013-10-07,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=2 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1308280000 definitions=main-1310070058 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Text spiralling around a 3D column From: sean cusson In-reply-to: Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:38:07 -0400 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: <8A5BE50A-6029-4A74-AB00-317FE34FAF97@mac.com> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) Thanks for the idea Jim. I'll give it a try. On 2013-10-07, at 11:34 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: > I have one idea. =20 >=20 > Create two nulls. The first one is the axle, at the center of your = spiral. The second null is offset in x or y position and parented to = the axle. That's your spoke. >=20 > Parent your particle position to the spoke null position. Set the = particle gravity to a very high or low value, depending. Set your = particle velocities to 0. >=20 > Rotate the axle. >=20 > Create a sequence of words and use the Precomp as a custom sprite. >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Oct 7, 2013, at 10:16 AM, sean cusson wrote: >=20 >> I've been wracking my brain trying to get this to work. I need to = create a "beam of data" shooting up in to the sky. The trick is that I = need the text to spiral around the beam as though the beam is made, in = part, by the text itself which could be up to 100 words. Adding to the = complexity, I need it to be 3D as I will be compositing it on top of C4D = renders. I know I can build it directly in C4D but I would love to be = able to keep it live in AE instead. >>=20 >> I know that I can create a circle and just have the text wrap around = the path but I don't know how I would create a helix/spiral shape = without creating the whole thing by hand. These columns are basically = shooting up in to the sky so the paths themselves would be quite high = (and a huge pain to try and make by hand). >>=20 >> Has anyone been able to do this in AE? >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to