# Tutorial on rotating 3D **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 11, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794 "2001-09-11T13:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/1 "2001-09-11T13:41:46Z")
i dunno if i just missed it, but has there already been a tutorial on rotating 3D? dan has a sample of this stuff on his footer. is it better to do the 3D image in flash itself or should i use another program like Ulead/Swift 3D? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/2 "2001-09-11T20:32:27Z")
The 3D in Dan’s footer was done using Swift 3D. He entered the text { Dan } and then animated it in Swift. There is a simple tutorial on the net somewhere for 3D, but it isn’t nearly as detailed or realistic as what can be accomplished with Swift or other 3D modeling/animation programs. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/3 "2001-09-11T20:41:21Z")
actually i’ve been experimenting some on 3d myself. it’s still a lil complicated for me but i’m getting there. once i master, i’ll be sure to put up a tutorial. as of content, this is all i could pull off so far: \ here \ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/4 "2001-09-12T00:56:23Z")
kirupa i got lost. did you mean the animation for the 3D text has to be done in swift 3D and the output file has to be imported in flash, or that the entire footer was done in swift 3d and nothing was done in flash? thoriphes exactamento! what software did you use for that? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/5 "2001-09-12T01:51:21Z")
He used the software from his brain and he used a flash plug-in called his finger tips! lol a little Flash humor! hi! my name is dan, i don’t know what i’m talking about! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/6 "2001-09-12T02:13:38Z")
oh, that my friend (sidky) is 100% flash. i’ll let you know in da next episode! hi! my name is thoripes (yes it really is i was lying) I like men and am jealose of dan4885’s skillz! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/7 "2001-09-12T02:28:08Z")
Hey thoripes I never knew u admired me so much 🙂 yeah, and one day maybe you can be as big of a pimp as me! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/8 "2001-09-12T02:36:09Z")
dear, god dan, your such a sexy guy! Can I marry you! I will even be the bride!!! ok, i didn’t write that ^^^ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/9 "2001-09-12T20:04:04Z")
To get back 2 da subject, watcha wanna have in your tut’ on 3D, sid’? I mean, you can have a tut’ about fake 3D simulated with ActionScript, or something about the use of 3rd Party software outputting to swf? Swift is already up there…Flashkit got some, PopedeFlash maybe…what do you want to do? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/10 "2001-09-13T00:16:15Z")
geez eyez since i’m completely new to 3D animation i dunno where to start. what would you recommend? i thought maybe doing something like the rotating DA on dan’s footer might be a good place to start. … ey dan forget thoriphes. although he proposed first i would make a better spouse. i could cook for you, do your laundry, iron your clothes and a lot more. \ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/11 "2001-09-15T18:55:18Z")
well, I would recommend you find out first what it is you wanna do, so we can tell you then how to do it 🙂 If it’s just letters, you can break them apart, duplicate, keep only the outlines and connect them to create an object that looks 3d, and then tween that (all in Flash), or use swift if you have it… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-on-rotating-3d/3794/12 "2001-09-15T19:57:37Z")
the rotating “3d” text in my 3d section of my site ( [vts330.tripod.com](http://vts330.tripod.com) ) was animated entirely in flash frame frame(no tweeing) with my wacom tab;et. took a few hours but it was fun. (no guy can marry me. I got a girl already HAHAHA)