The easiest/most flexible method for achieving this (IMHO) is to use After Effects (Assuming you have that available). Check out the CreativeCow.net AE Podcast on "Animating a Signature on Screen" (There are Parts 1 and 2) for a process you can adapt to do your animated line.
--- In [email protected], "Jeff Schell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two other ways to attempt this: > > 1. Create your line in Title designer. (This allows you to see the background map while creating the title.) Then use the wipe transition to reveal the line. You can set start % and end % for the transition. Very easy. > > 2. Use the Write-On video effect. I did a tutorial on this effect: http://blogs.digitalmediaonlineinc.com/jeffschell/entry/20070924 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith Broaddrick > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:23 AM > Subject: RE: [AP] line on map > > > Try creating your 'line' as a photoshop PSD file with transparent > background and superimpose it over the map. Then experiment with a 4-point > garbage mask effect to expose the line as your timeline progresses. You > will probably want to keep one edge of the garbage mask aligned with the > edge of the circle where it meets the 'line'. > > At least that's how I would first attempt it. > > Keith > > >I want to move a circle on a map with a line following it. I can move > >the circle, but can't figure out how to get a line to "develop" as the > >circle moves. > > > >Help!!! > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Randall Martin > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
