Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 977)

Chapter 32 The Cookbook 977
Transform Tips
This section covers advanced techniques for transforming images.
Spiral Down
This animates something in a spiral pattern, running ever smaller (or larger) concentric
rings. First, right-click in the parameters area, choose Create Local Variable from the
shortcut menu, then name the local variable “mul.”
You control the speed toward the center and the direction by animating the mul value.
To slow down the degrees in each frame, multiply time by a second localParameter, for
example, freq:
sin(time*freq)*mul
If you animate freq from near 0 to 1, it looks something like the following:
The path does not show up by default, as there are no curves.