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Subject: Re: [AE] Shape layer from object animation path
From: Benny Christensen <benny@producersplayhouse.com>
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:27:51 -0600
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Just spitballing here...

Why not use the Stroke Effect and/or the Write on Effect to trace the =
path?=20

Then I would try to pick whip the write on position to the balls =
position.

Benny Christensen
Producers Playhouse
Oklahoma City
405-858-0700

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to =
be." - Kurt Vonnegut (Mother Night)

On Feb 26, 2014, at 7:12 AM, sean cusson <scusson@mac.com> wrote:

> Just in case someone jumps in with this one solution I figured I would =
go ahead and post that I just took a screen shot of my comp while the =
ball was selected and am going to drop that in to my comp and trace the =
shape path over it.
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> On 2014-02-26, at 8:06 AM, sean cusson <scusson@mac.com> wrote:
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>> I have a ball bouncing through my scene and would like to have a line =
trail behind it. I was going to draw out a shape layer path and then =
just use Trim Paths on it. What makes it a bit more challenging is that =
I can only see the ball's animation path while it's selected which =
brings me to two questions.=20
>>=20
>> A) Is it possible to force an object to always show it's path (like a =
camera or light)?
>> B) Is there a way to extrapolate an animation path from an object and =
somehow apply that to a shape layer path?=20
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