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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

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.

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/

@ 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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