How to rotate a flash animation in the z axis

Question

THere are 3d carousels in Web Sites for displaying image galleries which require that images are rotated in the z axis. My requirement is to do the same but for a complete flash animation so that the flash animation is displayed slightly tilted in the z-axis The kind of tilt I am talking about is similar to the tilted images in http://www.flashcomponents.net/component/majestic_3d_cover_flow_xml_horizontal.html

My requirement is to play a flash animation inside the image of a mobile phone which is tilted hence to fit the animation inside the screen of the mobile phone image, the animation also needs to be tilted

Answer 1

To rotate your entire flash file without modifying any keyframes (FLASH - CS6):

1 - Select all your layers and keyframes (CMD + A" on MAC, Ctrl + A for those using PC)

2- In the Timeline window at the bottom, select "Edit Multiple Frames" (beside the "Onion Skin Outlines" button). A dark bracket enclosure thingy will appear where your timeline number thingys are.

3- Drag the dark bracket thingy until it spans the length of your animation in the timeline

4- Select the "Free Transform Tool"... then rotate to your desired angle (by placing your mouse pointer to the corner of the current selection)

5- If you need to modify your document width &/or height, go to "Modify - Document" in your top menu

6- Select the "Free Transform Tool" again to deselect

7- Have a donut

Answer 2

I was able to achieve what I wanted that is rotate a complete animation along the z axis by importing the swf file into library of a new Flash file. Then I dragged the movie (imported swf ) onto the stage, created the movie clip and then used the 3d rotation tool. This way the transformation of rotation got applied on the complete animation

Answer 3

In AS3 with Flash Player 10(>=) you can use the rotationX, rotationY and rotationZ properties of the DisplayObjects.

Rob