Re: FLASH: How to do a typing effect in flash??

[Colin Moock]

flasherchinwag [dot] com

,Internet writes:

>Hello all!  I'm working on an interface with a 70s Sci-Fi feel, (ala

>Ridley Scott's Blade Runner or Alien) 

>and I'm trying to figure out a good way to do a letter by letter read

>out effect in flash. 

>Do I have to create a movie and animate the content letter by letter or

>is there a better way. 


hi mick,

funny you should ask...i just posted a little utility that does exactly what

you want:

http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/actionscript/textticker/


no labour intensive masking required. (but depending on your specific

application, a little actionscript knowledge will help...)


colin


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