text effect 1

[ecucurella]

How can I do to make that a text appears one letter another other letter like if i write it down ?
I think like i reveal the text.

 

[oldnewbie]

Several ways to do it. Depends on what is your exact set up!

You can simply have a filled rectangle (same color as the background), unveiling the text under it as it's moving.

Or you could use animated mask layer...

Or... Regards,

Don't worry, if my reply is wrong, BillWatson will clean it up for me!

 

[oldnewbie]

Maybe this even...

http://www.virtual-fx.net/tutorials/html/writeeffect.htm

Regards,

Don't worry, if my reply is wrong, BillWatson will clean it up for me!

 

[ecucurella]

ok, I understand you but i have a photo image as a background and i couldn't do the unveiling.

There is no way from a text make it appears character after character ?
Or I have to put one character after another in differents keyframes?

Thanks from your answers,

 

[billwatson]

for mx there is the typewriter component

get it at

http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=105

 

[help120]

Start a new movie clip. Call it "slide text" and make sure to check movie clip. Inside this movie clip you will need 2 layers. Name layer one "text" and the bottom layer "fill".

1. In the text layer type out your text. (It helps to lock this layer before going any further.)

2. In the fill layer draw out a box that is larger then your text. Make sure to fill it with the color you need. Also make sure the box is placed over under the text so that the text does not over lap the box.

3. select the box you just drew and go to insert/convert to symbol. Name it slide and check movie clip.

4. Now go down to the box and right click on it. Select "edit in place".

5. With the first frame selected go to insert/create motion tween. Then right click on frame 10 and select insert keyframe. Now click on frame one then go down to the box and use your right arrow key to drag it so its all way off to the right. Just past the text. Now go up to frame 10 and right click on it. Select actions/plus sign/actions/movie control/stop.

6. Go back to the "slide text" movie clip.

7. Right click on your text layer and click on mask.

 

[jefargrafx]

i did this as a fadein effect

http://www.internet-services.com/rom8/fadein_text.swf

here's the fla

http://www.internet-services.com/rom8/fadein_text.fla

you can see how I broke the text apart and then set each character as a MC with onEnterframe events.

you could do the samething with a mask tween "in mx" to trace the outline of each character.

it'd be a great logo effect

hope this helps jef