rotating images

[kevshome]

Okay...just got the demo version, so I am a certified newbie! What I want to do is rotate a letter inside my company logo but make the logo itself stand still.
I just tried to attach the image but was forced to put the site address here. What I want to do is have the "f" in the logo at the top left of the screen rotate in the logo circle(did that make sense?). Is this possible with KM?

Thanks, Kev

[OwenAus]

Heya, Kev.

Yes. Until someone better qualified to answer this comes along, here is one simple way.

Either create the logo sans the letter using the drawing tools or import a jpeg of the logo with the letter removed.

Create (draw, or if your fonts permit, use the text tool) the letter, position over the logo.

Duplicate the frames, and with each duplication, rotate the letter/shape until it is back at the original upright position. For example, 90 degrees each time. There is a tool in the toolbar to do this, or "transforms" --> "rotate right 90" as well, with the letter selected.

Hope this covers what you were asking for.

[Bob Hartzell]

Use the rotate effect under Effects to rotate the single letter to avoid the pulsating shrink problem.

[henkvg]

You mean something like this?

[kevshome]

That is EXACTLY what I meant! Maybe instead of the "f" rotating , it could spin or tumble. How cool! Now here's the hard part....can you teach me how to do that?

[The Action Scripter]

That's easy to do, all's it takes is some action script knowledge...look:

First, make the "F" and the circle movie clips.

Now, in the actions of the circle movie clip, put this actionscript:

onClipEvent(enterframe) {
this._rotation-=8;
}

Mess with the "8" to differ the speed.

In the "F" movie clip, put this actionscript:

onClipEvent(enterframe) {
this._rotation+=8;
}

Once again, mess with the "8".

That should do it..

Then again, you could just make lots of frames, or the rotate effect.