Re: FLASH: Thanks John- now another question about motion paths not working

[Justin]

Where can I view the flying text yall are talking about.


Tim Underwood wrote:


> Hey,

>     Well the letter is just going backwards along the circle because its the

> closest way to get to the ending point.  To fix this, assuming you don't

> need to go all the way around the circle, you can just put a small break in

> the circle.  If you do need to have it go all the way around then you will

> probably have to add a key frame in the guide layer that fills in that small

> gap when the letters are at least half way through the circle.

>

> Hope you can understand that :)

>

> -Tim

>

> ----- Original Message -----

>

From: Sienna <siennafiamg [dot] net>

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 8:49 PM

> Subject: FLASH: Thanks John- now another question about motion paths not

> working

>

> > Thanks about the flying text tutorial.  My brain hurts looking at it for

> > now.  :)

> >

> > Ok here's my next problem, I have to make a company name follow in a

> > circle.  Each letter is on it's own layer, but they all have to follow the

> > same motion path.  I made the path (a circle) then dragged each letter

> > layer under the path so they all are linked to the same circle path.

> >

> > For the first letter; I entered a keyframe, dragged the letter around the

> > circle and stopped on the other side of the circle just short of its

> > original starting point.  When I tween the frames, the letter won't follow

> > the circle.  It goes backwards a little bit and stops.  Why?

> >

> > I need the whole line of text to continue in  a rotating circle.  What am

> I

> > doing wrong?  I tried to follow the MM tutorial with the 2 boats going in

> a

> > circle path but it's not working for the letters.

> >

> > Thanks again.

> >

> > Sienna

> >

> > P.S.  Hi Scott, welcome to the list.  If you figure this one out before

> me,

> > come down to my office and help me before I have to turn in my project!

> LOL

> >

> >

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