My first SWF post here.

[Bob C.]

Just purchased your remarkable software Bob after using the demo. This is my first effort with it.

Here is the URL http://users.rcn.com/bamc-me/Runner4.swf

This was great fun to do. Comments and/or crits are welcome.

I would be please to contribute files to the KoolMoves "cause" Bob as I experiment and learn more.

An observation:
I did see “image wobble” that was mentioned in earlier posts ( I did a search) while using the rotation feature in KM. I also saw your intention to deal with it in a coming update. This note is an attempt to perhaps give you more insight in this issue.

It was much worse that a wobble for me in the file above, the rotation feature was used extensively on the arms, legs and torso in this animation.

I noticed the arms shrinking by about 50% as they moved from back to front. I was able to solve this deformation by using the same drawn part (the arm in this case) in the next file and the next etc. as opposed to drawing a new one for the next frame or doing a copy/paste of the arm out of order. Does apparent relationship have something to do with the “Morph Source”?

Some suggestions of additions for later updates:

Keyboard shortcuts for some of the “transform” functions, rotate, center, scale etc.

Pressing the Keyboard “Spacebar” switches to “Select/Move Shape” from what ever tool was being used and pressing it again returns to that tool.

I’m very exited about using this fine product Bob, keep on keepin’ on!

Bob C.


[Edited by Bob C. on 01-25-2002 at 01:33 PM]

[Bob Hartzell]

The non-linear morphing option (at bottom of properties popup) will help with the rotation/shrinking effect but it will cost in swf size. This problme is a natural side effect of linear morphing. You can understand this with this illustration:

\ ...>... /
\ /
\ /
\ /

You see the shrinking effect as you go from the left slanted line to the right slanted line.

Note: I see that the lines don't display correctly so imagine the left one at 45 degrees to the left and the right one at 45 degrees to the right.


[Edited by Bob Hartzell on 01-26-2002 at 05:40 PM]