Writing EffectThis Tutorial should show you how to make an 'Writing Effect'. Its hard to do! It's not so much that you have to know a lot about Flash, it just takes a long time to do the effect and get it right. You have to work clean, and you have to think about what you are doing. Like I said this is not hard to do, it is just tedious. So take your time and be patient.
Step #1
For our example we create an new Document. I have used 300 * 100 px and have choosen the background white.
Step #2
We want to create an writing effect. Therefore we must know what we want to write. I have written GIZMO as in all my tutz before.I have used the font Brooklyn Kid. You should use some handwriting fonts for your work. Fonts like Arial are not good enought!
Step #3
Now break the item (what you have written) apart by hitting Crtl + B. After that you have to make much Keyframes. For the word GIZMO I have used 50 pieces. Just select Frame 1 to 50 and click F8 to create the the keyframes. On this way you can create all 50 keyframes with just one click.
Step #4
Next step brings the most work. First you click on 'Edit multiple frames'. Then you select all frames to work in (for the multiple work). For our effect you have to work from behind. Also you start on Frame 50 and work to Frame 1.You just have to erase step by step your text. But before you start erasing everything now, you need to thing! You need to know how you would write the text! When you know how to write it, you can erase it step by step!But never erase too much. Do it step by step!
Step #5
Here we go. If you have finished your word you are ready.
But I have to say that I have not used much time for my example. You should work cleaner than me ...