Trapcode particular following an animated curve?

#1

I’m trying to create a sort of broken up, abstract energy streak effect using particular. I’ve managed good so far in other projects by using a point light as the motion path object, but now that won’t work. As the streak I’ve envisioned needs to move it’s midpoint as the end of the streak follows another object in the scene, I really need to use a curve, so that I can animate all parts of it. and change the path as the animation goes on.

So, with that said, how do I make particular follow a curve instead of a light?

#2

Is the path a simple curve or is more of a tangled type path? I ask because if it is a just a curve, like 3 point one, you could animate the light using a path as a guide for your keyframes. If it is a tangled path you could draw it out in After Effects I believe, or another option if you have a 3D program is to adjust your paths in 3D and animate a Null along the path, then export to AE and parent your light to the Null.

Let me know if that helps, I’d love to help you figure it out!

#3

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