Chapter 4. Growth and Rotation

The first thought most people have for animating objects is moving things across a page. But objects don’t need an actual motion path to move. When things grow in size or spin around, that’s a type of motion, even though there may not be any obvious motion path associated with the animation.

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to apply the animation presets that make objects grow or shrink as well as rotate. You’ll also see how to apply rotation and scale properties without any presets. You’ll see how changing the default transformation point can customize the path of a rotation. You’ll discover a trick using invisible objects to make scaling and rotation look more natural. Finally, you’ll learn how to force InDesign ...

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