FLASH: please check this 3D spinning "K"

[d.l.cheseldine]

Please look at my attempt to create a 3D spinning "K".


I think 20K is rather large for this movie - it's only 18 frames long (18

separate stages of rotation).  Here's how I did it - any advice very

welcome.


I copied and pasted my graphics from MacroModel.  Once pasted in Flash, I

then did a "Trace Bitmap" operation on it choosing after some time

"1,1,tight,many corners" as my parameters.  After this operation, I had a

fairly faithful representation of the gradient shading of the original, so

I didn't do anything else - I just piled up the graphics on consecutive

frames.


I'd like to get the file size down and I'd like to make it look neater.  To

be honest I haven't understood some of the advice about recreating the

gradient fills.


Thanks in advance


dave Cheseldine


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David Cheseldine               | Email:

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Multimedia Developer           |

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University of Birmingham       | FAX: +44-121-414-6794

Birmingham B15 2TT UK




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