[Edward Wu]

Hi Jesper,

You’re very close.

Once you have the Warp set up Globally, just animate the “Set 1 X Position” and it will rotate the text around the sphere. You don’t need to rotate your Set in order to get the text to move along the Warp path.

After animating the Set 1 X Position, you should be able to get the text to rotate around the sphere without any problems. Let me know if you’re having issues. I have an example project that I can send you if you need some help.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Thanks. I took a look and your project and responded to you through e-mail. Please take a look at your e-mail.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Steven,

I’m happy to hear that you’re pushing on. You have a very interesting project, so I’m hoping you’re able to complete it the way you envisioned it.

As I’m thinking about the project a little more, for some of the separate pieces, you can also try going into the Pathfinder window, and using the “Add” function. This will add all the pieces together, so you don’t have to worry about having to redraw any of the elements.

Fernando’s idea of scaling the image up and using the Live Trace is a great idea. That should save you a lot of time in having to re-draw any of the pieces.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Kit,

If you have a project file where this is happening, please send the project file to me so I can take a look at what’s happening. Also, please let me know whether you are working on Windows or Mac, and what OS (Operating System) you are working on.

Thanks.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

I see. If that’s the case, then perhaps you create the sections where you want to pop such as the two banners and the circle with the star. This way, you would have a few sections of the badge pop, and you wouldn’t need to work with 150 layers. However, if you are going to work with all the pieces of the project, it’s best to isolate the objects into different layers. For example, one layer may contain the leaves, one layer contains the eagle, another contains the top banner, bottom banner, etc.

This way, you still have all the elements of your project, and ProAnimator should be able to handle the shapes if you don’t have any overlapping shapes in one layer. Keep in mind that all the paths still need to be closed paths though.

You’re welcome, and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

You’re welcome.

If what you are doing is very time consuming, try my suggestion of just tracing the Police Badge. Using the Pen Tool, you should be able to trace the outline of the Badge. You can just copy and paste the outline of the Badge into a new Illustrator file once you are finished, and import that shape into ProAnimator. You didn’t mention which program you were using specifically, but based on your description, it seems like you are using ProAnimator as a standalone.

If you are using ProAnimator, to keep the shapes together, select a Transition, and under “Transition Grouping”, select the command “Make Hard Group”. This will force all the objects to stick together, and you should have no further issues with your objects falling apart.

Let me know if you’re still running into any issues, and I’ll do my best to assist.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Steven,

For the 3 badges, here’s what I recommend.

In Illustrator, draw just the outline of the Police Badge, the Fire Department logo, and the EMS logo. If you try to create the 3 badges using the hundreds of outlines that are on the layer, it would be impossible to work with. So, with just the outline of the logos, you can apply the texture map onto the logo shape.

After drawing the outline of the logos, crop each badge with no margins. Then save each image as an image to apply as a texture map.

Hope this helps. If you’re still having issues, please let me know and I’ll help you out.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Dan,

Sorry to hear about the issues you’re running into.

Use the download link below and you should have no further issues:

https://zaxwerks.com/downloads/3DReflector_AE_2.0.2_mac.zip

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

This issue is now resolved. Thanks Matt. He was having a permissions issue with the older version of the software. Once he upgraded to version 5.0.7, he is up and running.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Jesse,

We had a few small issues reported during the end of our beta testing process. We are working those issues out and the plug-in should be released shortly.

Thanks for your patience.

Best,
Edward