Spinning Objects In After Effects

Hi all, at this flash example here http://www.flashden.net/item/strongpagestrong-flip-with-motion-blur/3386, the page spins I spoke to the guy who created and he said he created the whole spinning effect in After Effects and it was really easy, I have used After Effects a bit but thought maybe there was a Filter or something which can be applied to create this effect... If anyone has any idea would be greatly appreciated!

It's just a Y-axis rotation with Motion Blur enabled. No fancy plugins required.

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