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#Wierd Orbit

    26-Nov-90 15:03:00
Sb: #Wierd Orbit
Fm: BRAD HAYES 71241,1651
To: Stan Kalisher (Impulse) 76004,1767
Hi Ho: I have been having a great time with Imagine 0.9. I can't wait for 1.0 to arrive. I heard it's to start shipping today, is it true, and if so will it take the same amount of time to receive it as it did 0.9 ( in other words have you reorganized your shipping department)? Last time it took three weeks after they started shipping. Oh well, I can hope can't I? The main question I have is, and I hope this is coherent: I have just created a logo animation for a client. It is the word "STAR" and between the "S" and the "T" there is a little flat star that should spin, kind'a like a gas station sign. It is only 15 frames. Sounds real simple, right? I load the objects in to Stage, then go to the Action Editor ( which needs a "cut & paste", and a "print script" feature) find STAR, add a 14 frame time bar to the Align line and tell it to rotate 180 degrees in the Z axis, and go back to Stage to make the test animation. When I play it back the star rotates, yes, BUT it orbits away from it's own axis. I have tried to recreate the star from scratch. Same results. Any body have a clue what I could be doing wrong, or a simpler way to achive the same effect. I have tried interactive editing too. Thanx Brad Hayes