# How to rotate a clip
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-rotate-a-clip/26376
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 22, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-rotate-a-clip/26376 "2003-07-22T14:59:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@kyutipay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kyutipay)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-rotate-a-clip/26376/1 "2003-07-22T14:59:25Z")
i need to rotate a clip into infinity… what are the actionscripts needed?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-rotate-a-clip/26376/2 "2003-07-22T15:30:32Z")
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
i++
this.\_rotation += i+10;
}
This will work but well you’ll see how the effect doesn’t look so good because it starts to go soo fast that it looks like it’s going the opposite direction.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-rotate-a-clip/26376/3 "2003-07-22T15:39:11Z")
or you can use
[AS]this.\_rotation = Number.POSITIVE\_INFINITY;[/AS]
:beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-rotate-a-clip/26376/4 "2003-07-23T00:42:56Z")
LOL @ senocular! :beam:
Cracked me up.