Dynamically unravel a shape in After Effects

Ariel asked us Hello, is it possible to create the unraveling effect on a neon sign that you see at 00:47 of this video: Well, yeah It s possible and here s how In this tutorial, I will show you how to unravel a shape in Adobe After Effects using Newton3 and ConnectLayersPRO. Here s the process: 00:00 Track and stabilize with Mocha AE. 01:50 Reverse stabilization. 02:26 Keying using Keylight 03:40 Trace the shape in Adobe Illustrator and export to AE using Overlord 04:16 Prepare the shape for Newton3 using the Create Nulls from Path script 06:10 Recreate the shapes with ConnectLayersPRO 07:50 Adjust the position of the shape and track the movement of the hand 09:46 Physics simulation with Newton3 13:16 Apply glow with Deep Glow 15:24 Final compositing with Composite Brush I will also use other tools such as: Overlord, MOBOUtils, Deep Glow and Composite Brush (Note that you c