Dynamically unravel a shape in After Effects

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Ariel asked us "Hello, is it possible to create the “unraveling” effect on a neon sign that you see at 00:47 of this video: https://youtu.be/BaLHthRsqQk&t=0m47s​ "
Well, yeah! It's possible and here's how!

In this tutorial, I will show you how to unravel a shape in Adobe After Effects using Newton3 and ConnectLayersPRO.


Here's the process:

00:00​ Track and stabilize with Mocha AE.
01:50​ Reverse stabilization.
02:26​ Keying using Keylight
03:40​ Trace the shape in Adobe Illustrator and export to AE using Overlord
04:16​ Prepare the shape for Newton3 using the "Create Nulls from Path" script
06:10​ Recreate the shapes with ConnectLayersPRO
07:50​ Adjust the position of the shape and track the movement of the hand
09:46​ Physics simulation with Newton3
13:16​ Apply glow with Deep Glow
15:24​ Final compositing with Composite Brush

I will also use other tools such as: Overlord, MOBO_Utils, Deep Glow and Composite Brush (Note that you can do without these tools).


Thanks to the authors for those tutorials:

-Stabilize and reverse stabilization using Mocha and CC Power Pin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-y3nqpcCgo



-Light Wrap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Mvxl89R5g



Get the tools:
Newton3, ConnectLayersPRO and MOBO_Utils: https://aescripts.com/authors/motion-boutique/
Overlord : https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord​
Deep Glow : https://aescripts.com/deep-glow/​
Composite Brush : https://aescripts.com/composite-brush/​


Cheers to Adam Plouff, Chris Vranos, the Plugin Everything team and Lloyd Alvarez.



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