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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

  • Mike Schmitt

    March 15, 2012 at 1:18 am

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

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