Dangling wires, how to create them?

[Lovelybones]

Hey Guys,

I've got a client who's asked for an intro to a website where they want a tv to fall from a roof, but there's a wire on the end is meant to snap tight.

Any ideas?

 

[maruyama]

If you have After Effects CS3, you can use shape layers to create it... a lovely solution.

However, if you have a version before CS3, you'll probably want to use a mask shape (roto bezier might work the best), then use STROKE to draw along that mask.

You can animate the mask shape to make the wire appear to move.

ATTACHED: file start (CS3). old school method. could use shapelayer too. I'll try to come up with something better, check freebies on ninjacrayon

Ko Maruyama
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