Re: FLASH: Animate from far to close ?

[Marc Hoffman]

At 06:51 PM 3/20/99 +0100, you wrote: 

>

> Hi there

>  

> I am trying to bring a word "AMAZING" from veyr far i.e. not on the canvas

> into the canvas but letter by letter.

>  

> I am having some difficulty. Does anyone have any examples or know the best

> way to do it. ??? How do I ensure that each letter lines up on the canvas.

> And when I create the word should I create the word as 6 different objects

> (letters) and then bring each one in seperatly?




Depends on the effect you want.  If the font is a complex one (ornate) and the

word is long, it may not motion tween smoothly if the word brought in all at

once. one way to get everything lined up is to start with the whole word (made

first into a symbol) in its final position on stage.  Then create a keyframe

somewhere down the timeline.  Edit the position of the word in the earlier

keyframe so it's off stage, and apply a motion tween.  If you want to have each

letter arrive at a different time, copy this tween to as many new layers as you

have letters.  Then you can add frames (F5) to each layer so the tweens are

staggered over time.  In each layer, convert the word to a new symbol (also

change the instance property of its on-stage instance so it, too, is the new

symbol). Then go into symbol edit for each new symbol and delete all letters

except the one which that symbol is supposed to represent.


So, for instance, if the word is "rock," you'd have four identical layers with

the symbol "rock" tweening.  Then you'd make "rock" in the first layer into a

new symbol called "r," and go into symbol edit and remove all letters except

the "r." And so on with the other layers.


Other methods of aligning objects include: ctrl/command-k; changing the layer

display to an outline; drawing a guideline in another layer that is set to

"guide" or is later deleted; and using "snap to grid."  These are all worth

getting comfortable with.




Marc Hoffman

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