Loop the Loop

This tutorial demonstrates how to make an aeroplane loop the loop, by following a curved path. Import an image of an aeroplane into the library.

Import

Click to save this image to your computer.

Add the aeroplane to the bottom of the editor at frame 0.

Add another frame for the aeroplane at frame 20. This frame will be exactly the same as frame 0, the end of the loop.

Add the mid point of the loop at frame 10. Rotate the aeroplane 180 degrees and move it to the top.

Select frame 0, set the curve to -100 and the rotation direction to anticlockwise.

In the editor the curve is show by a dotted red line.

Select frame 10 and again set the curve to -100 and the rotation direction to anticlockwise.

Press play to see the aeroplane loop the loop.