Help! Spot Creep with Translate & Scale.

[dreddie]

I am having a problem with Spot Creep.

If I create a Circle, Create Shape, Add Spots, then Translate and Scale the Circle, my Spots Creep across the Circle as it moves across the screen.

(I have tried Scale Points & Scale Layer. Same result)

If this were a Fish, then the Spots on the Fish would be moving around on the Fish! Not good.

Is there a simple way to avoid this problem?

DrEddie

[heyvern]

This is how those fill effects work. They aren't... locked to the surface per se. they change based on the size and shape of the.. shape.

You could use an image texture and set it to "Stretch". This works a bit better... but...

... this is not a perfect solution either. If the shape has... irregular... protrudences... like "limbs" or "fins"... and these things move around or grow and shrink... it changes the overall "size" of the shape and...

... as before, they won't "stick" to the surface and the spots will "float" or "slide" over the shape.

Depending on the complexity of the "spots" you desire... you may have to use actually AS filled shapes if you want them to "stick" to the surface... like... spots on a fish.

-vern

[dreddie]

HeyVern,

Thanks for the Answer ... and being so thorough. I really appreciate that.

DrEddie

ps. Are you by chance the same Vern I know from Animation Master?

[heyvern]

Are you by chance the same Vern I know from Animation Master?

Yes, that's me.



-vern