rotating

[kylelyk]

so I read this tutorial. The rotating part makes the mc rotate. except it rotates around the registration point. how do I change the registration point?

[kylelyk]

At 7/22/08 08:47 PM, kylelyk wrote: so I read this tutorial. The rotating part makes the mc rotate. except it rotates around the registration point. how do I change the registration point?

Am I spelling registration point wrong or something?

[kylelyk]

At 7/22/08 08:57 PM, kylelyk wrote:

At 7/22/08 08:47 PM, kylelyk wrote: so I read this tutorial. The rotating part makes the mc rotate. except it rotates around the registration point. how do I change the registration point?

Am I spelling registration point wrong or something?

you know, the little crosshair on every mc?

[Disarray-yarrasiD]

The first thing that you probably want to do is read up on rotation matrices. Rotation around the z-axis (axis coming out of the screen) is handled by the following logic (courtesy of dELta):

//all coordinates assume a desired registration point of 0,0

x2 = x*cosA - y*sinA;
y2 = x*sinA + y*cosA;

// if the desired registration point is not 0,0 simply change to the following (I think this will work, didn't test it):

x2 = x-xo*cosA - y-yo*sinA+xo;
y2 = x-xo*sinA + y-yo*cosA+yo;
where xo and yo are the desired rotation points.

If you are rotating a movie clip rather then a simple point, the pseudo code above will only rotate the object around a point as if it were a particle (IE no rotation, only displacement). Simply change the MC's rotation property by the "A" value to achieve the correct rotation.

Since I helped you, maybe you'll give me an idea now :P

[Disarray-yarrasiD]

...or you could simply put the object on the stage, double click on it and move in until the registration point is in a different area.

that's how to change it for mc's, I was originally under the impression you wanted to do it through code :P

[kylelyk]

At 7/22/08 09:14 PM, Disarray-yarrasiD wrote: ...or you could simply put the object on the stage, double click on it and move in until the registration point is in a different area.

that's how to change it for mc's, I was originally under the impression you wanted to do it through code :P

how can I do that so that if the mc is a circle, it would be in the very middle?
please some one respond!!

[Disarray-yarrasiD]

When you first make the movie clip you will see a series of nine boxes arranged in a square beside the name of the movie clip. Click the center one and the registration will be in the very center.

[kylelyk]

At 7/23/08 07:09 AM, Disarray-yarrasiD wrote: When you first make the movie clip you will see a series of nine boxes arranged in a square beside the name of the movie clip. Click the center one and the registration will be in the very center.

That makes sense. I never knew what that was for!!

[funkycaveman]

At 7/23/08 10:22 AM, kylelyk wrote:

At 7/23/08 07:09 AM, Disarray-yarrasiD wrote: When you first make the movie clip you will see a series of nine boxes arranged in a square beside the name of the movie clip. Click the center one and the registration will be in the very center.

That makes sense. I never knew what that was for!!

or you can convert it to another symbol and set the point but the free transform tool works fine the circle in the middle

[andy70707]

just double click the mc, select everything, then go to modify>align>vertical center and modify>align>horizontal center

[MinusNick]

Go to Window>Align
This opens up the Align Window, something I use all the time.

Double click the circle mc to go in it, select the circle, then click align center on the Align Window.