Boa is a plugin for After Effects built to distort layers along mask paths.
Features
Warp any source along any mask path
Rotate and twist along the path
Full control over start, end, scale and z position along the path
Mesh definition and sub-sampling for complete quality control
Extrude and contour in 3D!
Reacts to comp camera and lights
Super fast rendering
Fully native plugin

Home Page - http://aescripts.com/bao-boa/