Re: FLASH: StarWars Scroll

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 01:20 PM 5/30/99 -0500, you wrote:

>>Actually, an easier method than distorting and tweening each line would be to

>>make a Movie Symbol of all the text scrolling from bottom to top. Now that

>that

>>text (MC) is in the Library drag it onto your stage and now distort it into

>>perspective ... saving hassle and hairpulling of trying to tween the

>>perspective.

>

>how are you going to skew it into perspective?  i've never been able to

>pull that of very well personally. 



I don't think that's possible, either, in Flash. You can use the rotate

tool (an option under the arrow tool) to slant an object, but not to make

it diminish in one direction.



>

>>The black to transparent is a good idea .... *but* (now this is just a 

>>different

>>way not a better way) if you want the stars to still appear where the

black is

>>either have the stars over the black or simply instead, put a gradient mask 

>>over

>>the text thus scrolling from clear to faded.

>

>how do you do a gradient mask in flash?  i believe it'd work to put the

>stars on top though.


A mask is either there or not. Gradients have no effect on the masking. But

you can use text as the mask, and the layer below can consist of a

gradient, so that as the text-mask sweeps across it, the writing becomes

more opaque toward one side of the screen.



>

>later,

>Philip Likens

>-newbie moderator @ flasher.net

>-graphical media & web "sight" designer

>www.sightdesigner.com

>

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