hi everyone,

I'm creating a logo, I have a world in the back and something else on the top.
In the middle I have to create an line of flags that move (or also statics) around the world, under the rest of the logo.

My problem is:

1. how do I give the 3D effect, like the line is a circle around the world?

2. How do I move them so that it looks like they move around the world.

Any suggestion are apreciated.

10x
bye

I won't be much of a help, and the following ways are one of the most tedious and time-consuming ones but I can only think of them for now...

If you want them around the world, you'll have to play with dimensions and the placement of the flags, moving them up, shrinking them down, though it won't really match with the world, it will look like the flags are going around the world still facing the viewer.

And for the animation part, you'll have to create different frames, each time moving the flags a bit but you'll have to play with the dimensions and stuff again. Then you can make it into a .gif file with the help of Photoshop or ImageReady.

This will take a lot of time and I don't think you should give it a try now, wait until the other members post something and still if after a long time you don't get any useful replies, then use this as the last way out.

This is a pretty easy artistic solution. To give something the appearance of being 3D, give it shadows and lighting effects. If it is above something else, give it a light shadow. Use both these techniques sparingly. The moving part will be more difficult. I suppose, place the flags and save it as an .gif; then, move the flags gradually around the globe until you come back to the flag you started on. You could pull off an interesting twist on this and make the rest of the flags appear out of focus to the one that's in the center. Then, just combine the images into one animated .gif.

You could also do this in Flash if you know how, but I'm not an expert at all with Flash. I'd rather not confuse you