Morphing quandry

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I am using Animate 3.

I am following the video tutorials on morphing.

One example shows morphing between two central vector shapes - a square which morphs into a circle.

Both the square and the circle were drawn using the shape tool.

When the morph is create it show a square morphing smoothly into a circle. It is a stirring sight.

When I attempt to follow along, repeating the same steps, my result is radically different.

The square outline (I am using no fill) twists over on itself creating a sequence of mis-shapen objects that untwist to form the circle. No smooth, wonderful square to circle.

The video demonstrator used no contour hints to achieve the smooth transition from square to circle.

What am I not doing right?
I have googled the problem but I can’t find any explanation of this.

2

Hi, Roger,
Morphing only works with similar shapes and also same types of lines.
If the outline is no fill the software will be confused by which area to morphing.
Thanks

3

It also looks at the region where the elements are on the screen. If the circle is in the same spot as the square, it should morph quite easily. If you draw the circle on the left side, and the square on the right side, then it might not know which points to morph to which.

As Wei said, you can also fill. If you want a transparent morph, you can even fill with a transparent colour, but having the region filled helps to keep it solid.

-Lilly

4

When the morph is create it show a square morphing smoothly into a circle. It is a stirring sight.

5

thanks for the updates.