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Waveform on a path in After Effects—this time with two mask controllers! Combining them is really just about adding their amplitude values.

François Lefebvre

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Andre Avila1 year ago

Are you using any external plugin?

Augury1 year ago

This makes me so happy I stopped using after effects and went to 3d. This is so much work in AE and like 3 nodes in 3d

François Lefebvre1 year ago

Hehe, I guess with After Effects, the question isn’t really ‘how’—it’s ‘why’! 😅

Raphael Pacheco1 year ago

Nothing but dope!

Joseph1 year ago

Damn, this is wild, awesome content

O_SansSus1 year ago

@Luk4s3518

Lelique knows best1 year ago

but… how? 🫤

François Lefebvre1 year ago

It's done with an expression on the path property. For more details, take a look at this:

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