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  Making a helicopter blade spin

  Posted by Mike Schmitt on March 14, 2012 at 6:48 pm

  Hi guys!
  I’m trying to use Proanimator in After Effects to render a 3d Model of a helicopter I bought from Turbosquid.

  I’ve got it all done except the the rotating of the propeller blade.
  I’m in the animation window and have created a separate track for the propeller,

  Using the pose positioning controls advanced menu, I am attempting to rotate the blade on the Y axis and the best I can do is one rotation per key frame. Is that right?

  The helicopter is going to be in the shot for about ten seconds. Is there a way to automate the blade rotating very quickly for the whole shot?

  Thanks for any suggestions!

  MIKE

  Mike Schmitt replied 14 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Edward Wu

  March 15, 2012 at 12:03 am

  Hi Mike,

  Instead of using the “Rotate Around Common Center” control, try going into Pose Actions, and using the “Spin Y” control. Then you can type in a value for the rotation. Typing in 360 will get you a full rotation while 1080 will get you three full rotations. So keep increasing the value until you get the speed that you need.

  Best,
  Edward
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  Mike Schmitt

  March 15, 2012 at 1:18 am

  Thanks Ed! I knew there had to be an easy solution.

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