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Reverse behavior in 3D
Hi,
I have a logo made out of many shapes that I wish to fly on a path as a swarm, followed by the camera and have the pieces move into place at the end of the clip.
I have started from the assembled logo, added random motion and a motion path. however, to reverse it all I need to create a duplicate layer, add a reverse behavior and have the camera follow it.
The problem is that creating a duplicate layer makes a 2D layer of the motion and flattens the Z axis.The other option I see is to keyframe the entire animation however the logo has MANY shapes and that would take forever.
can anyone advise of a better way?
Thanks!
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2 Replies
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You can try cloning the full animation (put it all in a group and clone the group) and then retiming the clone to reverse it – however, with a 3D animation, sometimes the clone won’t look correct due to flattening. Your other option is to export the full animation as rendered movie, bring it back in, and reverse it.
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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
Thanks Mark.
Reverse does not work with a group only a clone-layer which flattens the 3D into 2D.
I ended up exporting to clip and reversing in FCP.
I still find it annoying that motion has no solution for this common workflow issuenaor
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