Handwriting
THIS IS ONE of my favorite animated effects because I am asked frequently how it can be achieved, yet it is quite simple in technique. Every time I demonstrate how to make text “write” itself, the reaction is almost always the same: “Oh wow! That’s all there is to it?” The example here uses an animated mask which yields a very small file size, ideal for large blocks of text.
1The first step is to type some text on the stage. It doesn’t matter what it says; just choose a font and start typing. By default, text fields in Flash are set to Dynamic. In some situations this may be fine but when an effect is added to the text field, the ...
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