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DEFCONSiEffect
03-19-2001, 12:44 AM
how do i make a picture do a complete 3D rotation ..do i have to use actionscripts ...a reverse tween..... help please.....
Jesse
03-19-2001, 02:01 AM
That depends on what you mean by 'picture'. If you have standard raster type graphic (jpg or gif) and you want it to do a 3D rotation you're goign to have to make the 3D sequence in a 3D rendering program and import it into flash. Flash can only simulate 3D for vector based graphics, and only simple ones at that. Checkout the Movies section of this site, under the Actionscripting and 3D subcategories there are various examples. Some are made with maths, some are done with third party 3D rendering programs.

Cheers

Jesse
DEFCONSiEffect
03-19-2001, 02:37 AM
for ex i jus want a simple text like a letter "D" to spin in a continuous motion....how do i perform the tween
Jesse
03-19-2001, 02:52 AM
For a proper 3D effect on such an element you will need to use Swift3D to create the vector 3D animation or use a 3D program and import the results as gifs. Unless you can deifne and equation which gives the outline of a D using maths and manipulate it.. which I think is near impossible.
Checkout http://www.swift3d.com

Cheers

Jesse
Jesse
03-19-2001, 02:53 AM
See the 'D' ont his page : http://users.bigpond.net.au/dotious/main/launch.html
I made that with Swift3d and also made the naimation of it rotating which looked mad, but it was too big in KB for my liking so I dumped it.

Cheers

Jesse
DEFCONSiEffect
03-19-2001, 03:03 AM
i was looking through the flash 5 book...and they mentioned a reverse tween.......i think they did an example of the earth jus spinning on its axis....but the info was quite vague....can i apply this letter "D" to rotate on its axis
Jesse
03-19-2001, 04:16 AM
A globe spinning isn't really what I interpret as 3d... it only rotates on one axis so it's still only 2D. This is prolly bes tdone by making a wide graphic which is like the earth's continents flattened out, then just tweening left and right.. or maybe using a mask.
You wont be able to make a relistic looking 3D 'd' animationin this way though.

Cheers

Jesse