Final Cut / Motion :: Drawing An Animated Circle In Motion 3?
I am new to motion 3 , and I am trying to simulate a pen circling items on a static picture in Motion. I can draw the circle easy enough... even make it look like a spray can etc.. but I am trying to animate it, so it looks like some one is circling the items on the static picture, how do I go about this? I have some some threads on this, but they do not go into details for a noob how to do this. Can anyone provide a link or a guide on how to do this. I STEP by STEP guide would be fantastic.
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MAC PRO 2.66Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Mac OS X (10.5.7)
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