So I've tried using the relative start point, and wow, they are not working as I thought they would. Can anyone please help and tell me what I'm doing incorrectly?
Hi! I noticed one of your animation paths is not accounted for in your code (Manual target date). I saw that little tiny motion path, stretched it out so I could right-click and see its properties. Is that supposed to be there? Probably not. I only found it by zooming in 400 percent. Have a look at my screen shot to see. Hope this helps.
Thanks. Each time I tried to stretch it out, the end points would flip so that the starting point was the ending point and the end point was the start point! How do I get around this and what is happening? Currently I'm holding down the shift key so that the path will be straight.
When moving a motion path and trying to get it perfect, I hold the "ALT" key down to give myself the control I need to move it and really "dial in" where I need the points to go.
Maura, I'm new to relative start points. Do I have to create a new motion path for each of the stops that I want my red box to make, with the option "Relative Start Point" for each of the paths? As you can see, I lined up my start point with the previous path's stop point. Is this how I should be doing this? I just watched a you tube video that makes me think otherwise (they didn't give many details about how they did it.)
I've always made my first one. Then made a second one and dragged each point on top of the other. Green on red, red on green - all the time for me. Motion paths are a pain and cumbersome. I try to stay away from them as much as possible. In fact - I would simply do multiple boxes and just have them fade in and out where appropriate if it was my project. That's how much I dislike them. LOL!
Actually, that's what I'm going to do. I don't have time to fool around with getting this to work! The box is not stopping at the stop point I indicated. It keeps going! Thanks for your help, though.
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So I've tried using the relative start point, and wow, they are not working as I thought they would. Can anyone please help and tell me what I'm doing incorrectly?
Hi! I noticed one of your animation paths is not accounted for in your code (Manual target date). I saw that little tiny motion path, stretched it out so I could right-click and see its properties. Is that supposed to be there? Probably not. I only found it by zooming in 400 percent. Have a look at my screen shot to see. Hope this helps.
Thanks. Each time I tried to stretch it out, the end points would flip so that the starting point was the ending point and the end point was the start point! How do I get around this and what is happening? Currently I'm holding down the shift key so that the path will be straight.
When moving a motion path and trying to get it perfect, I hold the "ALT" key down to give myself the control I need to move it and really "dial in" where I need the points to go.
Maura, I'm new to relative start points. Do I have to create a new motion path for each of the stops that I want my red box to make, with the option "Relative Start Point" for each of the paths? As you can see, I lined up my start point with the previous path's stop point. Is this how I should be doing this? I just watched a you tube video that makes me think otherwise (they didn't give many details about how they did it.)
I've always made my first one. Then made a second one and dragged each point on top of the other. Green on red, red on green - all the time for me. Motion paths are a pain and cumbersome. I try to stay away from them as much as possible. In fact - I would simply do multiple boxes and just have them fade in and out where appropriate if it was my project. That's how much I dislike them. LOL!
Actually, that's what I'm going to do. I don't have time to fool around with getting this to work! The box is not stopping at the stop point I indicated. It keeps going! Thanks for your help, though.
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