I have tried using rotation keyframes etc to make a steering wheel turn around. However, whenever I do this it seems to draw it an elliptical orbit; not around its center.
Is there some simple way to make achieve this without having to go into Motion etc.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
MMove the anchor point so it's in the center of the steering wheel and make sure the anchor point isn't keyframed or it will appear to wobble.
and to illustrate Tom's advice (beat by the minute, those pics waste too much time in the making... 😉 )
when you look closely:
the anchor point of the clip doesn't match the anchor point of the steering wheel (Benz is kind enough to mark it with a star...)
after adjustment, the wheel perfectly turns:
Excellent thank you Tom and Karsten - that worked!
I have a follow up question related to make an logo spin outward in a circle matching the spin of a record.
See example: https://vine.co/CHANEL
I have tried multiple variations of using the anchor points, moving x and y etc but there does not seem to be an intuitive way to do this. My logo is rectangular so the orbit is very noticable.
Any feedback?
Hard to do in FCP. Because of the angle the motion looks elliptical. Might be able to do it by animating the anchor point but it would be tricky. Maybe in Motion.
Ouch, I was afraid you would say that, Tom.
Really don't want to have to into Motion unless I really, really have to.
Anchor point manipulation seems to just move it vertically and horizontally, not elliptically.
No more "clever stuff" ; )
Thanks
Again
I figured out a weird workaround:
1. Place a sphere/circle beneath logo
2. Make both into compound click
3. Rotate on axis as per beginning of this thread
4. Then, go back into compound clip and 'hide' the circle.
5. Overlay compound click on rotational element.
Its not perfect; there is a slight spiral effect that appears to take place once you move the clip around the scene but you can 'jimmy' it. Very messy but I guess this is one way to do it.
silverscape23 wrote:
...follow up question related to make an logo spin outward in a circle matching the spin of a record.
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Any feedback?
trouble is, FCPX offers, out of the box, only rotation around z-xis, we would need the x-axis to 'lay down' a layer.
But, basically, I would do it like you:
using a circle for reference, rotate, done (here: in MotIon with a few clicks)
Rotate object/spin on its central Axis in FCP
