Answers.Body: <p>Make a spiral like this:</p>
  <p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                  <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/STjPyY2zolg?start=0"></iframe>
              </div></div></p>
  <p>Keyframe it back to a straight line.</p>
  <p>If you need more control, you could auto-trace it, and then manually reshape the traced path back to a straight line?</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm trying to make the next effect in AE:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MPMzq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MPMzq.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>Take the 1st string of guitar and 'broke it', transforming line into a spiral, like this:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/NBSDR.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/NBSDR.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>What is the fastest and optimal way to do this? Thanks!</p>
  
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Title: Roll up line in After Effects?
UserDisplayName: Carlos Pérez
ThreadText: # Roll up line in After Effects?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-08-25)
  
  I'm trying to make the next effect in AE:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MPMzq.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/MPMzq.png)
  
  Take the 1st string of guitar and 'broke it', transforming line into a spiral, like this:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/NBSDR.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/NBSDR.png)
  
  What is the fastest and optimal way to do this? Thanks!
  
  **Tags:** after-effects
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-05. Score: 1
  
  Make a spiral like this:
  
  Keyframe it back to a straight line.
  
  If you need more control, you could auto-trace it, and then manually reshape the traced path back to a straight line?
  
  
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