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October 13, 2020
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Asset Warp Tool in Animate - Pin not rotating

  • October 13, 2020
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Hi,

 

I placed three pins on a monkey tail.  I clicked on one pin and moved it up, I then want to rotate this

pin.  It's not giving me the rotation symbol to do so.  What am I doing wrong?

 

Thanks!

 

Sue 

    Correct answer Nick Gioia

    Next time don't even bother with a reply if you aren't going to help.  Yeah, your videos are great, provided the program behaves as advertised.  Our point in this post is that it is NOT behaving the way you say it should.  


    I hope this helps you. Here are several tutorials. Hopefully one of them is helpful. I aim to please. 

    I will help whom ever I choose too. Stop acting like Mario saved the day. He did the same thing as I did and even told you I don't work for ADOBE! Yet you keep assuming so. Mario and I did something you and Sue didn't think to do, we searched for a youtube video to help you. Maybe next time you try it. Good Day!

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIy_CRSDH4&t=1082s

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSR2pDPSFSg&t=112s

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTlbhjR4PZg&t=5s

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP81a2YM6-U

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYcHSrronoA

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5qN9u5a1TA

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paVSBmdc1PI

     

    2 replies

    Known Participant
    June 24, 2021

    The short answer is :  You are not doing ANYTHING wrong.  Adobe has once again made a buggy application.  The video doesn't even address the fact that the rotation symbol does not appear when using the pin tool.  It happened to you.  It happened to me.  That's why we're all here.  And yet Adobe does nothing but give you a link to a video showing you what we already know.  

     

    After using Adobe apps for over 20 years it has become PAINFULLY obvious to me that they don't have an adequate QA dept.  So the users have to suffer through their laziness (yes, Steve Jobs nailed it when he called Adobe out on that).

    Good luck, and please post a solution if you find it.  Don't rely on Adobe to help you.  They don't even USE their own products apparently.

    Mario_CR
    Community Expert
    June 25, 2021

    Hi these are user to user forums, incluiding Nick; so no Adobe employees here. Someone from the team might pop-up every once in a while but we're mostly customers, like you.

    Ok so you want to know how to make the rotation circle appear, it's very easy; simply click a pin with the warp tool and change the handle mode from Open to Fixed in the properties panel. Alternatively you can also click the pin while holding Alt, and voila the circle should be visible now.

    Back in Animate 2019 the circle showed in both modes but since Open mode makes the pin rotate automatically it made no sense to have it there.

    Here's a more up to date tutorial using Animate 2021: https://youtu.be/VCIy_CRSDH4

    Known Participant
    June 25, 2021

    Thank you SO much, Mario, for stepping in when Adobe fails to help.  We really appreciate it.  Perhaps Adobe should give you a job.

    Community Expert
    October 16, 2020
    Known Participant
    June 24, 2021

    This video doesn't even address Sue's problem.  Quit wasting everyone's time and TEST these programs before you ship them.  Or at the very least, attempt to solve these problems head-on.  

     

    Community Expert
    June 25, 2021

    Sorry, you feel that way. The video I shared was very helpful and showed you how to use the wrap tool whether it was 2019 or  2021.