Filter: Gradient Path.

Gradient Path wraps a gradient around a Bezier path. Pretty simple. It's an often-requested effect that is almost impossible to achieve otherwise. With this plugin, you can place color effects around strokes and masks. You can design customized glow effects. Or do anything else that you thought a multi-colored path couldn't do.

Use Gradient Path to wrap a gradient along circular Bezier paths. [play]

A vector star is keyframed into a musical note. [play]

Control over your lines.

How does Gradient Path work? Again, pretty simply. Import a vector path from Illustrator or Photoshop, or draw one in After Effects. The path can be open or closed and have unlimited points. Then point to that Bezier using the Path pop-up.

Line Rendering gives you control over the gradient stroke. For instance: Line Width sets the thickness of the gradient. It also affects how rounded the corners of the gradient appear. Repeats specifies the number of times a gradient will repeat along a stroke. The Repeat style moves the gradient in a linear fashion. The Reflect style tells the gradient to mirror itself. End Point Style stylizes the end points of an open-ended Bezier. The Flat style ends abruptly and the Round style forms a bulb at the endpoints.

Control over your colors.

You can use up to 10 colors in a gradient. Each color is defined by a Color Dot section containing a few controls: the Color, Gradient Position, and Transparency.

By default, the first three Color colors are active. Change and animate the gradient palette by adjusting each of the Color Dot properties.