Viz World Classic User Guide
Version 23.0 | Published December 12, 2023 ©
Animating an Image, Movie, Text Item, or Drawing Along a Path
Viz World Classic allows you to draw a smooth path, using Bezier curves, and animate an imported image, movie, text item, or drawing on a shape layer along the path.
This section contains information on the following topics:
To Create an Animation Path
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Move to the first frame of the animation.
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Select the Path tool and drag the image, text item, or drawing to the initial location:
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Move to the last frame of the animation.
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Drag the image, text item, or drawing to the ending position. A line is drawn to show the animation path, with dots indicating the position in each frame:
To Convert the Path to a Curve
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Move to an intermediate frame of the animation.
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Drag the image, text item, or drawing. The path curves through the new position.
To Adjust the Path
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Drag one end of the tangent handles extending from a point on the curve:
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Hold down CTRL to drag a tangent handle independently of the other one.
To Align the Image, Text Item, or Drawing to the Angle of the Animation Path
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Click the Match rotation to path button on the Properties panel for the image, text, or shape layer:
