Loop in a classic motion guide

[Kara21997519rj7k]

I am a HS animation teacher. After 3 years of teaching myself animation I am still an a novice. A student and I have been trying to figure out how to make our symbols move in a loop motion using a tween. We are knowladgable about classic and motion tween. We have been trying to use a classic motion guide but the object skips the loop part and continues to follow the path. Does anyone know any solutions to this?

I have attached a video and image.

[Kara21997519rj7k]

Here is the complete video that shows the symbol skipping the loop.

https://youtu.be/sLJNjWvrTq4

[n. tilcheff · Accepted solution]

Hi Kara,

On the picture the motion guide looks like a brush stroke.

It needs to be a line, i.e. should be drawn with the Line tool, the Pencil, or potentially the Pen tool.

Here is a little example FLA I prepared for you:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rN1Yq6JkdZcezQBKM_Iui2xH_Foilhiv/view?usp=drive_link

 

[Kara21997519rj7k]

Wow, thank you. Such a simple solution. I should have asked here ages ago!!!

[n. tilcheff]

I'm glad I could help.

Good luck to you and your students!