Shooting musical notes?

[uncle808us]

]Mac Anime studio Pro 11.[/color][/u][/b]
I'd like to shoot notes out of the end of a guitar body as it moves thru and spins in a scene. I can not figure out how to do it without leaving all the notes visible.
Any help is appreciated. New to animation.Below is a link to an example of what I'm trying.
https://youtu.be/ipPBIn8m2Sw

[hayasidist]

for a start try:

> use standard brush 538 (quarter note / crotchet) on a stroke-only path.

> use curve exposure to reveal the path

> have the guitar on a layer and use follow path along the note stroke to make that layer track along the path.

obviously, you'll need to set the start / end percentages to match; and take care with the layer origin of the guitar.


if that's not clear just say and I'll post an example.

[jezjones29]

I was just about to post what hayasidist has suggested. This would be the best way of doing it.
I've created a demo here: http://www.animestudiotutor.com/link/306/

[uncle808us]

@ jezjones29 and @ hayasidist: I was making some headway with particles but now that I just received notice of your posts (it's morning here in Annapolis USA.) I will give this a shot. I like the results of hayasidist example. Thank you both for you help. Hopefully I will get the concept easily, I can be pretty dense.

[uncle808us]

I'm making some headway but the notes do not look like (note exhaust ) coming from the guitar, can't figure it out I read the follow path parts in the Manual and studied the file that jezjones29 sent but like I said I can be pretty dense at times. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Heres a video of my progress :https://youtu.be/YGkjatZT80k

[jezjones29]

Almost there. Start the guitar sooner (not from 0, more like 10 on the path following settings). And move it above the note
layer.

[uncle808us]

One more question I have the notes following the guitar thank you for your help.
Now how do I make the notes disappear after the guitar moves through? Something like reverse stroke a long path.
I don't know. Like I say I can be dense and I'm new.
Here is a link to my progress so far: https://youtu.be/hKTaXull0As
Again thank you for your help.

[jezjones29]

If you open my example, and click on the line in the 'Path and notes' layer with the 'Stroke Exposure' tool, you'll see that at frame 1 the 'Start percentage' is set to 0, and at frame 168 it's 100.
This way Anime Studio will move the start of the line from 0 to 100 between the keyframes automatically.

[uncle808us]

Okay I looked through your file and copied as close as I could but my notes are ahead of the guitar I don't know I am confused.
I will attach the file ( don't know how )Oh well.Here's a gif:http://imgur.com/S1i20IN

[jezjones29]

Just a quick note here - I've looked at the file and got it working.
Good luck uncle808us with your animation.

[uncle808us]

@ jezjones29: Thank you for the attention and the time you spent on this. I really appreciate it. I learned a lot.