Using the Motion Boutique’s Newton 2 in After Effects, Ran Ben Avraham shows how to create physically accurate animated strings making good use of Newton’s new Joint Feature which is perfect for ropes, strings and chains.

how to create physically accurate ropes as we make use of the new “Joints” option in Newton2

Ran Ben Avraham also uses the free Connect Layers script from Motion Boutique, and notes that a similar tutorial has already appeared on AEtuts, however, this one will take the effect a step further, demonstrating the techniques involved with a few practical examples.

Check out the tutorial for Creating Physically Accurate Strings Using Newton and After Effects here.