How to rotate 3d layers predictably.?

[Sasanka88]

I'm sure I'm not the only on to come against this issue....

When rotating a 3d object and keyframing it from one rotation to another, it just follows the shortest path. 

Can you achieve a rotation 'path' like a motion path and control the path it takes to actually rotate?

Thanks

[OussK]

can you post some screenshots to explain your issue better?

[Sasanka88]

I'm using layer rotation rather than orientation as advised by the other comments and then adding intermediary keyframes to influence the rotation path, so this helps it. Thanks

[Rick Gerard · Accepted solution]

Try using rotation values instead of orientation. You will find them in the timeline.

[Sasanka88]

Thanks, this helped.

[Mylenium]

As suggested by Rick, use Rotation, not Orientation.

Mylenium

[Sasanka88]

Cheers.