3D Tracer Lines Animation | After Effects 2021

Sep 01, 2021

In this Adobe After Effects tutorial I show you how to make this 3D line video effect. This is useful for creating 3D tracer lines for golf or instructional videos.

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Expressions for the video, sourced from videocopilot.net

X Position: x=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[0]-thisComp.width/2; x/thisComp.width

Y Position: y=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[1]-thisComp.height/2; y/thisComp.width

Z Position: z=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[2]; z/thisComp.width

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