Return-Path: Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5333648 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:37:05 +0100 Received: by mail-pb0-f46.google.com with SMTP id md12so11795861pbc.5 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:40:23 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date :in-reply-to:to:references:message-id; bh=YJRooi2VNUnCJWurotCAXx/srNt5gRxd4Hx1Ra2f+5k=; b=VI6l3TiFtXXfXtwC595eZdEbMcJqKiU9XFtMjdQnrCNU/Hog9aoIT7oITw2fR1J5HJ m0VeqSdIXb6kL/+Iz5zvGo2WM+q8aOFLzi+tuNCnym3+6tWLn+H+qO6V+fz7cAJaFl5H kxdodm8h0vkLrOygoEdEsYDF2TpDFx0IrEhF0bnnw/flU0GQrSKjor++H41eGFUjYl1W 1SyBTjVvQ00L/di3ZjOtzRdlrHgLt6Qr4Vx0NLxFPLWfPa0GrMcg6XyRUuhbVqzCT2iT 6crS2BTj7oofaoYJx8Czey9MCDPPRreLgr/FP5ggZw4mnsvqe0S5Ggd9T+2atKvtbGMv 1UBg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmfJqvFmZwGvodgQzJodak0QWFKUW9glXS20u9qhr5/4eKcwyhnsq8x4jeDo7RxONYIqGp3 X-Received: by 10.67.30.70 with SMTP id kc6mr71106326pad.32.1388436023601; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:40:23 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.44] (c-50-131-59-130.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [50.131.59.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id de1sm83600104pbc.7.2013.12.30.12.40.19 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:40:20 -0800 (PST) From: Phil Spitler Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_45C5C1AC-2F24-483F-87A7-A75AEAE0CA0F" Subject: Re: [AE] Tracking both ends of a shape path Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:40:18 -0800 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <44128DE2-DEC5-489C-824B-3470661E38FC@bonfirelabs.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) --Apple-Mail=_45C5C1AC-2F24-483F-87A7-A75AEAE0CA0F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 You can also just use the beam effect which is built into AE. Just pickwhip the start and end locations to your tracker attach points = and you are done. Phil Phil Spitler | Creative Technologist | Bonfire Labs | t : = 415.394.8200 m : 415.571.3139 Website | Facebook | LinkedIn On Dec 30, 2013, at 11:23 AM, adam mercado wrote: > Wow, that looks perfect. Thanks for such a speedy response Todd. This = list is by far the best AE resource on the web. >=20 >=20 > Adam Mercado > Influxx Media Production > Fullerton, CA >=20 > Moving Images. For Business > 714=B0928=B09896 > http://www.influxx.com > http://www.twitter.com/influxx > http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx > http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive > http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Dec 30, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Todd Kopriva wrote: >=20 >> This might be what you=92re looking for: >> http://motionboutique.com/connect-layers-1388/ >> =20 >> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On = Behalf Of adam mercado >> =20 >> I need to apply a motion track to both ends of a basic 2-point path = on a shape layer (or a mask would work too I guess) >> =20 >> I have a text layer motion tracked to one area of the BG plate and I = need to track one end of the path to the same area, and the other end of = the path to another area. So the path is locked to two separate points = of the footage and moving smoothly and fluidly. >> =20 >> I looked at Plexus but that seems like way more tool than I need. Is = there simpler (scripty/expressiony) way to achieve this? >> =20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_45C5C1AC-2F24-483F-87A7-A75AEAE0CA0F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 You = can also just use the beam effect which is built into = AE.

Just pickwhip the start and end locations to your = tracker attach points and you are = done.

Phil


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On Dec 30, 2013, at 11:23 AM, adam mercado wrote:

Wow, that looks perfect. Thanks for such a speedy response Todd. This = list is by far the best AE resource on the = web.


On Dec 30, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Todd Kopriva = wrote:

This might be what you=92re = looking for:
I need to apply a motion = track to both ends of a basic 2-point path on a shape layer (or a mask = would work too I guess)
 
I have a text = layer motion tracked to one area of the BG plate and I need to track one = end of the path to the same area, and the other end of the path to = another area. So the path is locked to two separate points of the = footage and moving smoothly and fluidly.
 
I looked at = Plexus but that seems like way more tool than I need. Is there simpler = (scripty/expressiony) way to achieve = this?