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  • cmilton
  • Posted: 27 May 2008 01:35 PM
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HI:

I have been trying to get some animation of text rotating about a sphere to unbend itself as it rotates. It is bent to start and as it comes around to face the camera I want it to flatten out to be legible when stationary. However, each time I reduce the bend degree and create another key frame it immediately reverts to the original bend when I move the frame cursor. Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent the re-bending? The text is three words all created at once with one font.

Thanks for your help.

Clive Milton



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You need only 2 keys to control the bending. One at the frame where it begins to unbend, and one at the end.
Use “Autokey” not SetKey - much easier and less error prone.

**Attached file is Max 7 SP1**



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