Possible to do something near exact to this animation?

Question

A quick question, but I’m looking to redo this animation as I don’t have the original file for it, is it possible to do this in After Effects or is it a Cinema 4D job? Obviously a simple loop would be easy to do with trim ends on a path, but notably on this animation the outer loop passes under the inner one at one point and looks like it’s slightly see through as it passes over another- so would be a bit of a job but is After Effects capable of building it?

TIA :)

Cheerful_fierceness8848 · Accepted Answer

It does look like but upon giving the trial version a go one thing it doesn’t do is allow for the paths to pass above/below each other where they cross over - so but alternative to that would be masking/layering using it, and it also doesn’t have the option to fade the gradient to 0% opacity at the start, but thanks for the suggestion!

Kevin-Monahan · Answer

Hi! After watching the animation, I’d say After Effects should be capable of creating something like this, so it doesn’t immediately look like a Cinema 4D-only job.

The over-and-under crossings would be the challenging part, and I suspect they’d require some careful layering or masking rather than a single straightforward Trim Paths setup. I haven’t personally rebuilt this exact effect, though, so I don’t want to pretend I have a proven step-by-step solution.

Hopefully, someone here who has created a similar woven-path animation can share how they approached it. It’s a cool-looking effect. Good luck!

Cheers,
Kevin

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