[Jon Okerstrom]

Hi Keith,

You could slide your first pose forward in the timeline then double click on the empty spot at the beginning. That will create a new pose and a new transition.

Does this help?

Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

Hi Keith,

You are correct. Each object track includes a pose for the starting point and may be followed by a transition section, then another pose, then another transtion, then a pose, and so-on. You can adjust the location of any pose by selecting the pose and using one of the many move tools. The thing is, poses can be much more than a starting point or ending point.. the advanced tools give you a ton of options.

Does this help?

Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

Yes, that would work. I have used a similar technique in the past. Now, it’s much easier to animate the offset of the reflection map to get the same thing (using AE). It’s a much slicker solution, though your suggestion would work as well, if you absolutely want to avoid AE.

Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

Hi reins,

Make the box and the bow in Invigorator. They’ll both be in the same 3d space. Making a simple bow is fairly easy – draw a side view of the bow with a stroke, no fill. Then outline the stroke in Illustrator to create a solid bow shape. Then, use Invigorator to extrude the shape to the width of the ribbon. You can make more complicated bows by replicating the shape and offsetting them or by creating other shapes.

Does this help?

Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

Shouldn’t have.

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Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

Hi Keith,

Are you trying to move the starting pose location, the ending pose location or the whole path?

Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

Hi Keith,

I’m going to make some assumptions here – correct me if I’m wrong! My hunch is you’re using ProAnimator?

You have lots of options depending on what you’re doing with the ProAnimator movie. You can add a spotlight effect to the rendered movie in many host applications… whether it’s After Effects or an editor like Final Cut Pro.

While you’re in ProAnimator, you can use movies as reflection, bump and texture maps… but before we go down that road too far, tell us more about your project and what you’re trying to accomplish.

Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

Hi Steven,

Be sure to turn off compression when you save the file. That should do it. One caution: live trace can create paths that are way more complex than they need to be. Invigorator and ProAnimator both do best when you used filled solid shapes. I recommend putting individual shapes on named layers and importing the file using layers, becauuse it’s easier down the road. Also, avoid blends and bit-mapped elements in your Illustrator file.

Does this help?

Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

Look for export.

Jon

[Jon Okerstrom]

How about this:

Be sure you’re saving in Illustrator format, not eps or something else.

When you do hit save, you get a pop-up box called Illustrator options.

Create PDF compatible file is checked.
So is Use Compression.

Uncheck use compression.

At least that’s how it works with CS.

Jon