Transform around point issue

[bdavey311]

Any reason why this wouldn't work? I've got two movieClips that both have instance names and I get this for the output message:

 

\\motionBlur tweens only work for MovieClips and TextFields

\\motionBlur tweens only work for MovieClips and TextFields

 

Here is the code.

stop();

import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
TweenPlugin.activate([blurFilterPlugin, AutoAlphaPlugin, MotionBlurPlugin, ColorMatrixFilterPlugin, DropShadowFilterPlugin, TransformAroundPointPlugin]);

var tl:TimelineLite = new TimelineLite();
tl.insert( TweenLite.to(logoLeft, 1, {motionBlur:true, transformAroundPoint:{point:new Point(487,152), rotation:30}}) );
tl.insert( TweenLite.to(logoRight, 1, {motionBlur:true, transformAroundPoint:{point:new Point(487,152), rotation:30}}) );
tl.insert( TweenLite.to(middleLogo, 2, {_xscale:130, _yscale:130, autoAlpha:0, ease:Back.easeOut}), 0.4);

 

thanks in advance! MotionBlur rules.

[GreenSock]

Hmm. It definitely sounds like the targets you're tweening are not MovieClips. Are you 100% positive they are? Could you post an example FLA that demonstrates the issue? Also, if you're using AS2, you should use "_rotation", not "rotation" in the transformAroundPoint.

[bdavey311]

Yea sorry about that...the rotation was just one of the things I changed to test why it wasn't working and never changed it back. And they are movieClips. Still no go so I attached my FLA.

 

Thanks,

Brian

[GreenSock]

Yep, the problem is that your targets are undefined. You're referencing "logoLeft", for example, when there's no such object on the stage. There's an "logoLeft3", but no "logoLeft".

[bdavey311]

Ah. So I switched that as well earlier to do some testing to make sure the instance was unique but remember not being able to get it to work. So, thinking I'm crazy I tested it again with your solution and still nothing. Such confusion!

 

Did you change it and get it to work?

[GreenSock]

Did you change it and get it to work?

 

Yep, you just have to:

 

1) Make sure the tweens are referencing valid MovieClip instances

 

2) Change "rotation" to "_rotation"

 

3) import flash.geom.Point (you created a Point object but forgot to import the class)

 

Worked like a charm for me

[bdavey311]

ooooooooooooooooooo. Missed that " flash.geom.Point"