Rotate blend in createGradientBox

In the parameters set for the createGradientBox the help says
"public createGradientBox(width:Number, height:Number,
[rotation:Number], [tx:Number], [ty:Number]) : Void"
but setting a rotation number to 90 does not change the blend
from horizontal to vertical. Anyone know any means to do this?
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Select the objects and then uncheck Align to Pixel Grid on the Transform Panel.
With Align to Pixel Grid checked, Illustrator assumes the output is for a screen/web. In this case only a pixel at a time can be a different color, so you are getting the stair-step color breakout.

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Hello,
I have a problem (I posted it also elsewhere but hoping for broader solution). I am creating a simulation application with cylindrical object representing glass which are moved around and rotated. When such glassy object is inside another while rotating the world it seems like its surface is inverting. I have prepared simplified example of this (http://zdch.amu.edu.pl/director/pr4.html, http://zdch.amu.edu.pl/director/pr4.dir) with a stack of cylinders with blend 60 that are in interposition with another cylinder. During animation, when seen at front for some short time one can notice a change (http://zdch.amu.edu.pl/director/Picture.png) half of the cylinders in the stack are in front of the big one and three steps further they are in the back while the other half of the stack appears in the front. As far as I tested it doesn't depend on the renderer. It may be reproduced with this code in two following frames and a 3dworld...
first frame:
on exitFrame me
wd=sprite(2).member
member(1).resetworld()
mr=sprite(2).member.newmodelresource("mr", #cylinder, #both)
mr.bottomRadius = 5
mr.topRadius = 5
mr.height = 30
mm=wd.newmodel("ml", mr)
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mm.transform.scale=vector(5,5,5)
ml=list()
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repeat with a=1 to 10
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    ml[a].transform.position=vector(25,a*15-100,0)
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end repeat
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second frame:
on exitFrame me   member("lab").camera(1).rotate(vector(1,0,0),#world)
go to the frame
end
Thank you for help or comments
Nikodem

Hi Niko,
You're facing the "famous" Z-buffer fighting in Shockwave 3D.
In a few words: to speed up the rendering, the 3D engine is performing a "per model" sorting instead of "per polygon" sorting.
The good part: faster rendering
The bad part: wrong sorting in case of (semi) transparent shaders (materials).
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1) to "explode" the 3d models into a few parts to get more pivots (and better sorting):
http://necromanthus.com/Games/ShockWave/tutorials/Z-buffer.html
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http://necromanthus.com/Games/ShockWave/tutorials/Additive_Blending.html
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> FH does the same thing.
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I'm pretty new to AE and trying to create an intro to a video. A couple somewhat basic questions I was hoping to get answered.
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Hello! I need to make a rotating 3d logo for a website. Sort of like flash without flash. I tried gif builder but it didn't offer a rototing image. The logo is prettty much 3d already just need someway of getting it to rotate on a webpage. Any suggestions greatly appreciated!!!

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They play fine but on importing to iMovie they have reverted to their unrotated state!
How annoying!?

Ouch!
QuickTime 7 has done away with the ability to freely rotate (or skew) video tracks and the link you've provided shows screen shots that do not appear in QT 7 Pro.
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one found at
Dispatch . I know how to
set the rotation angle, but i have no idea how to make it rotate
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Hi Everyone,
First time here so I hope this is the appropriate forum locale for this specific question - of which I have not found a solution online or in these forums.
I have dealt with this problem for quite some time and am sick of manually correcting blends so I am seeking help.
Here is the situation:
I draw a simple oval, copy it and move it somewhat diagonally across the page. I then resize the oval slightly (thinner) but retain the same amount of anchor points.
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I've tried all those options (distribute spacing, distribute objects, specified distance, specified steps, etc) without success... it wound up just being the 'ol visual issue described above and the manner in which I set up my illustration.
So after I create a blend, I try the various options to get the objects to align / distribute correctly (to fix the visual issue), but after, say, applying "distribute spacing", the ovals arc slightly so that they are not aligned in a straight manner from end to end.
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I won't be able to reply for a while... All is well now and I gotta get to work, so it's literally back to the drawing board for me.
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