Re: FLASH: perspective transforming of shapes and fonts

[John Dowdell]

At 9:27 AM 7/10/0, Ralf Hoffmann wrote:

> i wanna know if there is a way of perspective transforming of a

> complex shape or font.


As you probably already know from the documentation, the transforms

available in Macromedia Flash include XY position, XY scaling, and Z

rotation. There are neither 3D transforms nor four-point distortions

("quads").


Fastest way I know to animate a perspective transform, though, is through

FreeHand 9... its Perspective Plane is unmatched, and it will tween shapes,

releasing it to a SWF animation for import to Flash.


(Remember, though, that in a SWF each new media element adds to filesize...

if your sign isn't complex then you might consider shape-tweening between

some perspective keyframes.)


jd






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