text on a path.

[jeyyu]

Hi:

I have a small circle, which I would like to follow in the path of a rectangle.

The motion guide tutorial works for a line drawn using a pencil or a brush. However, if I draw a rectangle, the circle does not follow the path. it just goes via the shortest path. I tried "orienting to path" but that did not work either.

please help.

sincerely,

jay chandrasekar.

[kirupa]

Hello Jay,
More than likely, the rectangle you drew was not perfectly connected on all corners. Instead, use the Rectangle button itself, and draw the rectangle without a fill (you remove the fill by selecting the fill color and choosing the empty box). Then you simply add a keyframe for each corner you'd like the circle to go on the circle layer.

Once you have done that, you simply tween it. To help you understand it more clearly, I have created a Flash 4 FLA just for you that highlights how I did that. You can download that at the following URL: www.kirupa.com/temp/jay_rectangle.fla (http://www.kirupa.com/temp/jay_rectangle.fla)

I hope that helps. If you have any further questions or comments, please don't hesitate to post back.

Regards,
Kirupa Chinnathambi
kirupa@kirupa.com

[jeyyu]

Hi:

Thanks for your reply and the fla. My problem was, I did not set keyframes at each edge. I assumed that since the path was there, it would automatically follow it. doh!

thanks again.

jay c.