Making An Animated Arrow With A Trail
I need to make a bar with an arrow head at the tip border across Africa. the problem with animating a mask is that the speed will spuff unexpectedly at certain points due the the angle changes, plus i cant do an arrow like that.
a know this had to be done before... any ideas? i certainly don't have any.
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Posted on: 02-19-2008, 06:18 PM
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f7 fb 8b d8 33 c0 8a 44 0c 20 8b e8 8b c6 99 23
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