garageCube

I am experimenting with various 3D mapping installations...all good, BUT very much inspired by the possibilities of single line 3D edge mapping as demonstrated to great effect by iduun/Anomes (its all about the mapping video) & mowgli.tv (amongst others).
I am trying to have various thin white lines race around the edges of 3D objects and I am really struggling to get the right effect and with no info I can find available I am pulling my hair out. I have had some success with the painter and winding the trace right the way up to leave a trail but this is really not accurate enough. Can anyone (or the gifted guys themselves) please help out with a helpful finger pointing the right direction I should be looking at?
I know half the fun is discovering it for yourself but knowledge shared is knowledge gained.
Thanks

photoshop

MMMMmmmmm good pointer. But how do I animate the effect of the lines moving smoothly around any 3D edges?

illustrator to after effects and then look for the write on effect..

no need to go that far.
just knock out the white lines, save as PNG+ or PSD
then move some white shapes around underneath it in M8

All great advice & help. Anyone else have other ideas as there are obviously several ways to achieve this effect?

@deepvisual
what do you mean for "knock out" white lines?
draw them onto/or based on the mask?
gracias!

g.

you can either have a black image with "holes" for the lines and then move shapes underneath

or

have your image with white lines on a black background and then move black shapes over it