Making controllable lines through AE

pulsr · Post by **pulsr** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:16 pm

i was just wondering on how you make a solid line that is controllable meaning... at frame 1 i want it to be hidden then grow to the other side at say 10 frames.

uhh the only idea that i could come up with is making a line using PS and then editing it inside of after effects. if i could get input i would most graciously appreciate it!

risk one · Post by **risk one** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:27 pm

you could scale a solid until it looks like a line. You can hide it with the opacity setting.

mikestrife · Post by **mikestrife** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:35 pm

Yeah, what risk one said was perfect. You can go to composition > New Layer > Solid, or something along those lines, and play with the properties of that shape.

pulsr · Post by **pulsr** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:47 pm

now i just feel dumb for not trying that out lol

Metro · Post by **Metro** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:28 pm

Make a solid and draw a mask in the shape of a line.

go to Effect --> Render --> Stroke

place a keyframe for "End" at frame 1 and set the value to 0

place a keyframe at frame 10 and set the value to 100