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Help with rotating shape
hi everyone - my first post here
I am struggling to do what I would to with Koolmoves
I have just written a book called The Logos and am putting together a website
On the home page is the logos symbol. It is a circle shape and I want this to rotate when someone goes to the website
When I use koolmoves and create frames it takes the shape out of true and when it rotates it looks like an oval – also the background is white and I want it black - now very frustrated!!
The image is
http://www.the-logos.co.uk/spinning_img.JPG
What is want is for this to stay a true circle and when someone goes to the website for it to rotate through 360 degrees and then stop. Also while it is spinning the background has to remain black like the rest of the webpage
happy to provide better quality graphics if anyone out there can help?
in anticiapation
Mark
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To fix the rotation problem, either use Effects > Rotate or make the shape a symbol. What you currently have is due to linear morphing of a vector shape.
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Bob
Thanks
you make that sound sooo easy and I am sure it is if you know how
how do i make the shape a symbol and i wont even pretend to understrand the bit about linear morphing of a vector shape - isnt this how the LHC makes black holes or something
Mark
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Double-click on the shape to get its properties. Set "Is a symbol" to yes. It might help if you set the selection scope to all frames (Shapes > Selection Scope) before changing the property.
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hi
did that - thanks
it does rotate but the inside still turns to an oval on the 90degree and 270 degree turn
Mark
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Send me the image. I will create an example that doesn't have a rotation issue.
support at koolmoves dot com
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I created an example. I used Effects > Rotate inside a movie clip. I found that it doesn't work if the export version is 9 or higher.
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Bob
you are a star - thank you very much
thats just what i want it to do
the only issue is that the inside still turns it to an oval
ie if you look at the design - where all the edges of the while symbols form a black circle in the middle - the issue when it spins is that when the symbol is at the 90 and270 degree position the inside does not remain a circle but looks like an oval
what is want is for the inside black circle to remain a circle when it spins - is just like a wheel or disc - not fluctuate to an oval and back again
do you know why it does this
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The white part is not perfectly centered in the outer black rectangle. Crop the rectangle to the edges of the circle part.
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Bob
tried that but the image just is not behaving
see attached
the first is the image as it
the second one is the same image and i just rotated 90degrees
it goes out of shape and for the life of me i dont know why
mark
http://www.the-logos.co.uk/spinning_img_cropped.JPG
http://www.the-logos.co.uk/spinning_img_cropped2.JPG
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The cropped rectangle should be a square and it isn't. The outer boundary to the white part is clearly not defining a circle. Squish it into the proper aspect ratio using image editing software.
