This is incredible. Absolute perfection. No condescension of other designers. No faff. Just the pros and cons, and a great overview and guide of this technique and it's potential.
Hello, first of all, thank you for the education. I've just started the program. In this tutorial, how does Map Maker follow the movement of the world in the same place without changing its location? I would be very grateful if you could explain this. Thanks
The beam effect is still useful for a more controlled line with the inner and outer colors and the taper but yes overall for most cases that technique is old.
That's a good point! I'd still probably lean towards shape layers in those scenarios though especially as you can now taper strokes! The inner and outer colours could probably be achieved with layer styles or duplicating the shape path too
great tutorial! Now, I tried duplicating (line and nulls) as I wanted three separate lines, re-parenting to other objects, but that's not working and I'm not finding it as easy to figure out.. for now I'm having to do the whole thing for each new line, any tips appreciated tnx :)
When you duplicate things I think you need to update the expressions linked to all the controllers so that they reference the correct ones. It can be a pain and often just re-running the script is quicker
What if you already have your null objects (because google earth studio generated them) and you want to do it the other way around, connect them with a line in 3D space, can it be done ? 😮
I don't like that I had to max out my volume just to be able to hear the video. Turning my music back on was not an enjoyable experience for me or the neighbourhood.
This is great, thank you. I'm wondering if I can tweak it to have a line that I created do the same thing - I'm trying to animate scans of watercolour elements and so have a 'line' but it's really a bitmap...so essentially I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of having an anchor point for each end of the line follow the nulls...
Somehow the 3D line doesn't work for me. I have the nulls set to 3D, shape layer set to 3D. They look right, but they don't respect the depth of field and when I set a custom view you can see that they are on 2D plane.
@@MadeByLoop I did, but that didn't help. I found a workaround. It seems like 3D Null layers are going to make sure the line looks like it's connecting two points regardless of how the shape layer is located in 3D space, so I just rotated it. It's kinda funny to look how the actual line is changing length depending on how you rotate the object layer.
THIS. I can't believe how long I've been in After Effects and have never been able to figure out this one technique. I've seen it everywhere but could never reasonably replicate it until this video. Thank you!!
Very efficient and easy to follow. You're a blessing to beginners like me. I totally agree on using this rather than the beam that needs expression (i know it's not to be disregarded tho) because it just makes the process a lot easier to understand and do. Took me just about a minute after I watched this. Subbed 😊
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR! Thank you! After seeing tutorials on the beam effect I thought " well that can't be still the way to go today?!?!?" and glad I research a bit longer to find your video!
Lovely tutorial! I've been using the beam effect to connect callout signs, realizing that there's probably a much better way but being too lazy to figure out how. You explained it brilliantly, thanks!
Man, this tutorial saved my life. Using beams was always a pain in the ass and your method is way more efficient. THANKS!!!!!!
Glad I could help!
This is incredible. Absolute perfection. No condescension of other designers. No faff. Just the pros and cons, and a great overview and guide of this technique and it's potential.
Man this is way better than any of the faffing about with expressions tutorials I've been following prior to this. Thank you!
Thank you for making this! I was about to go down a beam rabbit hole.
Glad it helped!
Amazing!! I wish I would have found your video first, I could have saved myself hours of editing, testing and frustration. Kudos!!
This method is much better than using beam effect. Thank you for posting.
Excellent tutorial - great production and delivery. Also great to hear a north-west accent on one of these!
This is amazing! Thank you for saving my time.
Thanks for commenting, glad you found it useful!
Love how specific this video is! Thank you for saving me from the beam effect :)
So much better than the beam effect! Thank you!
In the last example you can also delete the null objects, and choose the circle layers in the effect controls panel for a cleaner timeline ;)
was trying to figure how to do this with beam, and google showed me this video, glad it did :D
thank u for sharing your skills)! keen regards from Kazakhstan!
Thanks buddy, really helpful :)
Thanks. Wasted my 4 hours on trying to get beam effect to work. This worked in 2 minutes.
Thank you sooo much! Very nice indeed
Great succinct tutorial, no crappy jokes or time-wasting, thank you! Subscribed :)
and no 27 minutes to explain something basic....
Genius! Thanks
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Thanks man!
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Mind. Blown.
Wow! Thank you so so much! It is absolutely amazing and advanced way to do it! Appreciate you are sharing your experience with us!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you a thousend times
Thank you very much for this video. You just made my work life easier hahahaha
this is just what i needed - thanks! i was trying to script a bunch of beam effects in a 3D comp and it got very hairy
Thanks for the easy understanding tutorial ! KEEP IT UP !
very useful, thanks
thanks so much for this tutorial! A definite timesaver that offers a lot of flexibility.
Just what I was loookin for! Thanks!
Thank you SO MUCH for this :D
This is awesome and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing. Finally found this method here.. 🙌
This is what I looking for , Thank you so much !
Trhis really helped. Thanks a Ton
Thank you!
Brilliant tutorial! Just what I was looking for. Cheers!
Hello, first of all, thank you for the education. I've just started the program. In this tutorial, how does Map Maker follow the movement of the world in the same place without changing its location? I would be very grateful if you could explain this. Thanks
YES THANK YOU, 3D lines!
Thank you a lot!!!
Wow! This is breath taking! Thansk for sharing, I already submit your channel.
Simple and fantastic tutorial.
The beam effect is still useful for a more controlled line with the inner and outer colors and the taper but yes overall for most cases that technique is old.
That's a good point! I'd still probably lean towards shape layers in those scenarios though especially as you can now taper strokes! The inner and outer colours could probably be achieved with layer styles or duplicating the shape path too
Mother of god. Thank you!
Thanks a lot! Super info!
Glad you found it useful!
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What an amazing tip!
very good work my friend! 👏
Great man, thanks a bunch!
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Life saver, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
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Is there any way to connect an object to the middel of the stroke while the nulls are connected and moving?
Brillant!
Это замечательно! Спасибо большое!!!
great tutorial! Now, I tried duplicating (line and nulls) as I wanted three separate lines, re-parenting to other objects, but that's not working and I'm not finding it as easy to figure out.. for now I'm having to do the whole thing for each new line, any tips appreciated tnx :)
When you duplicate things I think you need to update the expressions linked to all the controllers so that they reference the correct ones. It can be a pain and often just re-running the script is quicker
Great, but we can't have "bezier" anymore with the line between the 2 points...
how did you get the London target to rotate with the world?
thx, you save my day! :D
谢谢分享！非常有用的教程！！！
What if you already have your null objects (because google earth studio generated them) and you want to do it the other way around, connect them with a line in 3D space, can it be done ? 😮
Amazing ❤️
Thank you
Omg! Beam was driving me crazy
I don't like that I had to max out my volume just to be able to hear the video.
Turning my music back on was not an enjoyable experience for me or the neighbourhood.
это позволяет соединять много линий
This is great, thank you. I'm wondering if I can tweak it to have a line that I created do the same thing - I'm trying to animate scans of watercolour elements and so have a 'line' but it's really a bitmap...so essentially I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of having an anchor point for each end of the line follow the nulls...
wow
Any idea why this won't work within a Lottie?
I'm not too sure, but I found this which may help? github.com/airbnb/lottie-web/issues/831
The audio is too low, but thank you
\m/ thanks :)
Somehow the 3D line doesn't work for me. I have the nulls set to 3D, shape layer set to 3D. They look right, but they don't respect the depth of field and when I set a custom view you can see that they are on 2D plane.
Try adding a camera to the composition
@@MadeByLoop I did, but that didn't help. I found a workaround. It seems like 3D Null layers are going to make sure the line looks like it's connecting two points regardless of how the shape layer is located in 3D space, so I just rotated it. It's kinda funny to look how the actual line is changing length depending on how you rotate the object layer.
Can you attach them to text layers position?
Yep, just parent the null to the text layer and you should be good to go.
@@MadeByLoop oh great - thanks!
OK then, I'll just stop right here at 1:40 and return to my AE CS6 BEAM
Thank you so much
Thanks!! Very useful!
Bro, mind to ask is there a way to make a line attach to another line in the middle, which doesn’t have the block on that point?
Brilliant! Thanks a lot!
THIS. I can't believe how long I've been in After Effects and have never been able to figure out this one technique. I've seen it everywhere but could never reasonably replicate it until this video. Thank you!!
thank you, bro!
this is a very useful video... thank you soo much
Very efficient and easy to follow. You're a blessing to beginners like me. I totally agree on using this rather than the beam that needs expression (i know it's not to be disregarded tho) because it just makes the process a lot easier to understand and do. Took me just about a minute after I watched this. Subbed 😊
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR! Thank you! After seeing tutorials on the beam effect I thought " well that can't be still the way to go today?!?!?" and glad I research a bit longer to find your video!
Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much!
Thank you Soooo Much!
youtube did a great job recommending me this tutorial
THANK SO MUCH my friend, today you saved my life, thank you again from Argentina.
Thank u sooo much!
Thank You So Much
I commented before the video ended and now it did I wanna congratulate you even more for this amazing video.
Thanks for the kind words! Really means a lot!
thank you!
THANK YOU!
Bro, You are awesome! Thanks for this easy tutorial. Love from India.
Lovely tutorial! I've been using the beam effect to connect callout signs, realizing that there's probably a much better way but being too lazy to figure out how. You explained it brilliantly, thanks!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!!!
Glad you liked it!
Love it! Simple, easy, no messy writing you could fail on, no hotkeys not shown.
GREAT EXAMPLE! :D
The audio is very low mate. A tremendous idea though. I absolutely loved it.
Thank you, very clear tutorial!
You're welcome!