3 Replies Latest reply: Jan 9, 2008 8:21 AM by Carptoon RSS

    Rolling cube

    YTCollege Community Member
      Does anyone know how this rolling cube is done? I am wanting to do one similar to this but cannot figure out how to do it. Is it code or keyframes? Does anyone have an example that is similar? Here is the website:

      http://www.flashmint.com/show-template-1982.html

      Thanks!
        • 1. Re: Rolling cube
          Newsgroup_User Community Member
          It's either a flv, or a series of images - animated in a 3d app. You can see
          the 3d version stop and then the 2D Flash one, with the animated windows,
          fade on over the top - they are not quite the same size.

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          • 2. Re: Rolling cube
            Carptoon
            I wanted to animate a guy rolling a large box to deliver it. So I assembled a box out of colored paper and photographed the box supported in each position in a series of pictures, then traced the photos to make keyframes. It was a lot of effort but it worked well. I used different colors in the model to make it easy to see the different sides. Each quarter turn brings you back to the beginning of a cycle.

            By the way the second thing i animated was the hands on the body and switching to the next handhold. then made the body fit to where the hands are.

            Good luck.
            • 3. Re: Rolling cube
              Carptoon Community Member
              I wanted to animate a guy rolling a large box to deliver it. So I assembled a box out of colored paper and photographed the box supported in each position in a series of pictures, then traced the photos to make keyframes. It was a lot of effort but it worked well. I used different colors in the model to make it easy to see the different sides. Each quarter turn brings you back to the beginning of a cycle.

              By the way the second thing i animated was the hands on the body and switching to the next handhold. then made the body fit to where the hands are.

              Good luck.