# Need Help with False 3D Effect

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**Created:** [July 15, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-false-3d-effect/116227 "2004-07-15T18:31:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![windforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@windforce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/windforce)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-false-3d-effect/116227/1 "2004-07-15T18:31:22Z")

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Hi there,

I hope this is the proper location for this thread. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone has a tutorial on how to achieve this simple and widely seen effect found at:

[http://www.eventquest.com](http://www.eventquest.com)

I know it is mapping 3d co-ordinates (x,y,z) on a 2d plane (x,y). Variations of this kind of effect have including increasing the speed of the rotations depending on where the mouse is moving, and actually rotating the axes themselves.

I know that [Flashkit.com](http://Flashkit.com) has a tutorial on rotating a 3D Flower in their tutorial section, but it never explained the theory behind it. Can anyone give me a bare-bones no frills explanation/file on how it works? Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Jack :h: