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Subject: Re: [AE] Text spiralling around a 3D column
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:45:42 -0500
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You're very welcom, Sean.

Here's a link to a similar need for a spiral coiled phone cord.  Same =
theory applies:

http://we.tl/OiiKeHZdvV

In this one I moved the position of the axle instead of using gravity.  =
It may offer you a springboard for better methods.


On Oct 7, 2013, at 10:38 AM, sean cusson <scusson@mac.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the idea Jim. I'll give it a try.
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> On 2013-10-07, at 11:34 AM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
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>> I have one idea.  =20
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Rotate the axle.
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>> Create a sequence of words and use the Precomp as a custom sprite.
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>> On Oct 7, 2013, at 10:16 AM, sean cusson <scusson@mac.com> wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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).
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>>> Has anyone been able to do this in AE?
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