How to make a graphic spin?

mbryant wrote on 4/28/2006, 2:57 AM

Someone I know is trying to make a graphic he has created spin "in place".

He's created a graphic is photoshop, and brought it into Vegas Movie Studio. The graphic is on it's own track. (It is a small graphic with a transparent background). He wants a 3-d type spin - i.e. he doesn't want it to move position along x or y, but to spin in place.

He (and I) have played with track motion, and with the 3-D Blinds "spin" transition, but have not figured this out. What he wants is something like the 3D Blinds "spin", but this spins the entire frame, and his graphic is just a small part of the frame.

Any ideas how to do this?

Mark

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 4/28/2006, 4:10 AM

Ideally you should use a 3D animation program. Vegas simply isn't one.

That being said, try creating a video with the graphic filling the frame, apply the 3D spin transition, and render to a new file. Then use this new file in your project. Pan/Crop to size and position it where you want it to be.

mbryant wrote on 4/28/2006, 6:09 AM

Thanks - that's a great idea.

Mark

IanG wrote on 4/28/2006, 6:22 AM

Another approach might be to create an animated gif in Photoshop and use that in MS.

Ian G.

a video editor wrote on 5/2/2006, 11:46 PM

hey, if you just want it to spin soorta 2d you can just go pan/crop and drag the animation dial at the bottom of the screen to say 3 seconds and rotate the image it will work..