Re: FLASH: Spinning top letters into another letter...

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 12:58 PM 2/23/00 , you wrote:


>Is there a tutorial or has anyone a suggestion on how I can create the

>effect of a letter spinning like a top and changing into another letter. I

>can't sense how I can do it effectively... Any suggestions?


First make a new movie clip and place the beginning and ending letters on 

one layer, as far apart as you want the effect to take. Break both apart 

(ctrl-B). Apply a Shape tween. You may need to use shape hints to achieve 

the desired morph. Put a Stop action in the last frame so it only tweens 

once and then stops.


Then put the movie clip on the main timeline or inside another movie clip, 

and add a keyframe further down the timeline. Apply a Motion tween in which 

the shape morph movie clip spins. That should do it.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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