how to make rotate an object in effect from the center of it

[jen-nay]

Hello,

I have an object that I would like it to rotate 360 degrees from its stationary position. When I apply any rotating effect, the object moves away from its center as it is rotating. I must be doing something wrong. Your help is greatly appreciated. I am using captivate 9 the latest update.

Thank you.

[Lilybiri]

Is it 9.0.2.437?

Rotation (and other effects) have as reference point the center of the bounding box. Can you post a screenshot of the object, in selected state so that the bounding box is visible? Sure that it is not grouped with any ohter object?

Bit related to this question, could perhaps clarify: Reference/Registration point in Captivate? - Captivate blog

[jen-nay]

I see were I went wrong. I have drop shadows as part of the object. That changed the center. I fixed it. All is working. Thank you for your speedy response.

[Lilybiri]

That is the reason why I asked to see a screenshot, but it is fine since you found the solution already. Shadows can be tricky in Captivate.

[jen-nay]

Thank you lilybiri, as always you are very helpful.

[R_H__]

I have found this with when rotating certain images as well. For an image, what you need to do is open up in something like Photoshop and increase the canvas size to larger than your object. Then, find the exact centre of the stage and the exact middle point of your object (guides and rulers help) and match the two. Don't then trim the edges down to get rid of the extra empty pixels, you need those to get it to spin correctly.

If this is happening with smartobjects, I guess you will probably need to create PNGs instead and follow the above.

Hope that makes some sense.

[jen-nay]

I will try what you have suggested. The image is already a PNG file. Thank you.

[jen-nay]

I took your suggestion and made the changes. It working know. The drop shadow made it look of center. Thank you for your help.