Shape Layer Tip #3: Trim Paths

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1. Liz said

   on January 27, 2009

   This works very well, thanks! Question: say it was a map with an airplane moving along the line. What is the best way to link the airplane (an eps file) with the line so they move together so that if you change the line, the motion path of the airplane updates automatically?

2. Aharon Rabinowitz said

   on January 29, 2009

   Try this: Layer > Transform > Auto Orient > Orient along Path

3. Aharon Rabinowitz said

   on January 29, 2009

   whoops, misread your post. No there is no way that I know of. You have to copy the shape path and paste it into the layer’s position – every time you change the shape path.

4. Liz said

   on January 30, 2009

   Thanks so much for the answer! Just hoping for a way to make editing easier. Oh, well!

5. Liz said

   on January 30, 2009

   Yes, I meant if you reroute the line across the map, as in it goes in a different area, a different route, is there a way to have the airplane’s route (which follows the line) update automatically. Thanks again!

6. zak said

   on June 1, 2009

   thank you man you did great work
   from Egypt

7. paul said

   on September 18, 2009

   Hello, could you possibly tell me how you created the sun beams on your map… they are shining from the top left to the bottom right… i wanted to do something like that with a comp of my own, with a slow rotation? thanks

8. Aharon Rabinowitz said

   on September 21, 2009

   Hi Paul – I’ve posted the project file in my blog.

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