How to animate a cylinder so it rotates or revolves

Do you want to rotate this on its X axis?  If so, are you looking to use some kind of shading/gradient to give the appearance of rotation?

You could create the frames in SL or PowerPoint (or any other tool of choice) and knit together using Photoscape's animation output (GIF only I believe).

Hi,

Cannot see any easy way to do this in PowerPoint with standard animations...

Bruce

Thanks Simon and Bruce.

Simon, Yes, on its X axis. I'm not familiar with Photoscape. Tx for the link.

Bruce, do you think it could be done with motion paths in PPT?

I suspect it would not look convincing.

Think  better to use something else, and then bring in as a video of some sort.

Bruce

Your best bet might be to pay a graphic designer.  Someone could knock that up in Flash (or whatever they choose) in no time and either give you the SWF or the stills.

Failing that, give gradients a try or maybe add some dots (along the "outside") so as to give the illusion of rotation when animated.

Uisjng Simon's suggestion

You could mask out the 3D element and animate an gradiant moving left to right  underneath it.

Would be best to do in ppt and save as a video

I would probably go the flash route though

Thanks so so much, Bruce, Simon, and Phil. I appreciate your time, and you've saved me a ton of time. Without your input, I might have wasted time trying to make it work in PPT, all to no end. Now I know it's a bigger job than that, I and I either need to devote time to a work around, or hire someone.

Thanks again!