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Pen Stroke Animation

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:24 am
by Nathan1k9
I'm working with some pictures and i'm trying to do an animation where lines are being drawn around them. So far i have no clue how to do this in moho or even if it's possible. so i'm wondering if someone could tell me how to do this in moho. If not even another program suggestion would be nice. Thanks

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:24 am
by Nolan Scott
Import your image / create a vector-layer and draw a little circle (that will be your brush).

Use the Translate-Layer Tool (1) and move it into your starting position.

select Set Origin (0) and move it into the same position.

Now start animating your brush-layer with the Translate-Layer Tool along your
chosen path of your image (move your time-slider to your chosen position and
drag your brush-layer along, you will see blue squares (your keyframes) and
a thin blue line between them (your path).
Don’t forget to check show path (top of your viewport).

If you are done go to Script/Layer Effects/Layer Trail
choose your settings and click ok.

If you don’t like to see your brush, open the Layer Properties and uncheck Visible.

Render your movie.

Cheers
Nolan

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:16 am
by wizaerd
Now that is one useful tip! Thanx Nolan! Now I'm wondering what some of those other scripts do... mmmmmm....

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:31 pm
by Nathan1k9
Wow...thankyou so much it's exactly what i need.