Adjust the vanishing point – Adobe Flash Professional CC 2014 v.13.0 User Manual
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The Stage with a Perspective Angle of 110.
The Perspective Angle property affects all movie clips with 3D translation or rotation applied to them. The Perspective Angle does not affect other
movie clips. The default Perspective Angle is 55° of view, like a normal camera lens. The range of values is from 1° to 180°.
To view or set the Perspective Angle in the Property inspector, a 3D movie clip must be selected on Stage. Changes to the Perspective Angle are
visible on the Stage immediately.
The Perspective Angle changes automatically when you change the Stage size so that the appearance of 3D objects does not change. You can
turn off this behavior in the Document Properties dialog box.
To set the Perspective Angle:
1. On the Stage, select a movie clip instance that has 3D rotation or translation applied to it.
2. In the Property inspector, enter a new value in the Perspective Angle field, or drag the hot text to change the value.
Adjust the Vanishing Point
The Vanishing Point property of a FLA file controls the orientation of the z axis of 3D movie clips on the Stage. The z axes of all 3D movie clips in
a FLA file recede toward the Vanishing Point. By relocating the Vanishing Point, you change the direction that an object moves when translated
along its z axis. By adjusting the position of the Vanishing Point, you can precisely control the appearance of 3D objects and animation on the
Stage.
For example, if you locate the Vanishing Point at the upper-left corner of the Stage (0, 0), then increasing the value of the Z property of a movie
clip moves the movie clip away from the viewer and toward the upper-left corner of the Stage.
Because the Vanishing Point affects all 3D movie clips, changing it also changes the position of all movie clips that have a z-axis translation
applied.
The Vanishing Point is a document property that affects all movie clips that have z-axis translation or rotation applied to them. The Vanishing Point
does not affect other movie clips. The default location of the Vanishing Point is the center of the Stage.
To view or set the Vanishing Point in the Property inspector, a 3D movie clip must be selected on Stage. Changes to the Vanishing Point are
visible on the Stage immediately.
To set the Vanishing Point:
1. On the Stage, select a movie clip that has 3D rotation or translation applied to it.
2. In the Property inspector, enter a new value in the Vanishing Point field, or drag the hot text to change the value. Guides indicating the
location of the Vanishing Point appear on the Stage while dragging the hot text.
3. To move the Vanishing Point back to the center of the Stage, click the Reset button in the Property inspector.
Note: If you resize the Stage, the Vanishing Point does not update automatically. To maintain the 3D look created by a specific placement of the
Vanishing Point, you will need to reposition the Vanishing Point relative to the new Stage size.
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