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March 4, 2014
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How can I get the effect of spinning movement on a photo?

  • March 4, 2014
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I am making a fun music video and am new to Adobe Premiere 11. I have a photo (of a magician) that I'd like to get the Effect of circular spinning movement. I tried "Twirl" in Effects, but no spinning happens. I want the magician's face to appear, and then spin, so I split the frame into 2 segments and tried several Effects on the 2nd segment, especially "Twirl", but no spinning happens. How can I get it to spin in rotation at that point? Help! Thanks.

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    Legend
    March 4, 2014

    Select the clip on your timeline and click the Adjust button on the upper right of interface.

    In the Applied Effects panel, open Motion effects to reveal the Rotate property.

    If you apply keyframed animation to this effect, you'll get the spin you're trying for.

    Participating Frequently
    March 4, 2014

    Steve, thanks for your reply. I tried your suggestion but still am not getting the Effect I envision. When I adjust "Rotate", all that happens is the photo tilts, and holds in that position. But I'm hoping for an animated continuous spinning in that keyframe. Am I doing something wrong? I'm having a hard time adjusting the variojus settings in  "Twirl" effect..

    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    March 4, 2014

    I'll have to check out PrE 11, but I think that it has the same Rotational capabilities as PrPro has, where you can have the Rotation occur many times, say by plugging in 3x in the attributes area.

    Steve probably knows this, without looking, and will beat me to the answer...

    Good luck,

    Hunt