round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad!
by david lieberman (shroomly)
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Feb 20, 2008 at 6:16:38 pm
hello,
I've tried just about everything. Im using 3D stroke (trapcode) on a solid layer. The layer contains about 60 paths that create a symetrical circle. The problem is that when i try to rotate this circle very strange things happen.
When i try to rotate it using the plugin on the Z axis, it seems to stretch or squish the circle and rotate it like that.
When i do it on the actual layer's attributes for rotation, it rotates find, but when the layer reaches 45 degrees, it drops the circle to the bottom and then brings it back up. why this happens is beyond me!!?!? ALL IM TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THESE PATHS (WHICH ARE ALL ON THE SAME LAYER) ROTATE LIKE A WHEEL IN A CAR. i dont want them to shift down, and i dont want the rotation to look uneven either..
Re: round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad! by david lieberman on Feb 20, 2008 at 7:17:05 pm
there you go...
its with a butterfly composed of two layers now, but essentially the same thing..every time i rotate the body or the rest of it it jumps at the exact point where i snapped the image...that seems to be at 45 degrees if im not mistaken, and the once again 45dgrs before its done a full rotation...
Re: round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad! by david lieberman on Feb 20, 2008 at 9:57:29 pm
the wings are one layer. the anchor point is dead in the middle of them. and the zspace as identical to the other layer, which shouldnt matter anyways because im only trying to rotate the wings seperately and it creates the jump every time...
it looks as if the lyaer of the wings is trying to resize itself when it is flipped...it gets squahsed so to say...why would that happen? i've never seen that happen in 5 years of using AE
Re: round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad! by Dave LaRonde on Feb 20, 2008 at 10:36:04 pm
[david lieberman]"im only trying to rotate the wings seperately and it creates the jump every time..."
You mean you're not trying to FLAP the wings, like a butterfly flaps its wings? And what happens to the layer in your current animation if you just turn off any efffects temporarily?
And if all you're doing is rotating the wings like the wheels on a car rotate, why do you need to use 3D layers in the first place?
Re: round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad! by david lieberman on Feb 21, 2008 at 12:10:43 am
my aim is not to just rotate them aimlessly... im trying to build a composition with a lot of rotating shapes and this is just one test. 3D or not, im using the layers rotation attributes and this is the result. i've tried it without the effects and still happens.
Re: round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad! by david lieberman on Feb 21, 2008 at 12:12:57 am
"im tryhing to rotate the wings seperately" is a response to whether both the body and the wings are on the same layer... i dont think you guys understand what i mean.
i dont care if the whole body moves as one shape... the fact theres two layers is irregardless. All im trying to do is to rotate the layer and it simply doesnt rotate evenly.
thanks for the help guys but i think this is some kind of bug i managed to create.
Re: round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad! by david lieberman on Feb 21, 2008 at 11:42:22 am
ive tried it both with or without with no difference... it does look like the layer is trying to correct its size when it reaches the point where the mask jumps..
Re: round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad! by david lieberman on Feb 21, 2008 at 2:46:43 pm
REALLY SORY TO HAVE WASTED ALL YOUR TIME... the problem does have its roots in trapcode 3d stroke...it actually ISNT happening when i turn the effects off...so it has to be somewhat connected to 3D Stroke...why this happens is still beyond me..
Re: round mask wont rotate on its own axis!! driving me mad! by david lieberman on Feb 22, 2008 at 5:10:52 pm
I got the solution!!!
it has to do with anamorphic layers vs square pixel..
my layer had to be square pixel, which then doesnt cause it to resize itself when being rotated!!
