tony wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I came across a site that had a nice effect for it's text: www.okworks.com.
> If you click on Company, I love the way the text comes in, starts of sort of
> scattered and backwards then lines up everything nicely.
>
> Has anyone seen a tutorial or something that could give me an idea of how
> this effect is done? If anyone knows a good site that shows text effects in
> general (besides flashkit) that would be great too.
>
> Thanks, T
>
>

> I came across a site that had a nice effect for it's text: www.okworks.com.
> If you click on Company, I love the way the text comes in, starts of sort of
> scattered and backwards then lines up everything nicely.
>
> Has anyone seen a tutorial or something that could give me an idea of how
> this effect is done? If anyone knows a good site that shows text effects in
> general (besides flashkit) that would be great too.

> Hi,
>
> I came across a site that had a nice effect for it's text:
www.okworks.com.
> If you click on Company, I love the way the text comes in, starts of sort
of
> scattered and backwards then lines up everything nicely.
>
> Has anyone seen a tutorial or something that could give me an idea of how
> this effect is done? If anyone knows a good site that shows text effects
in
> general (besides flashkit) that would be great too.
>
> Thanks, T
>
>

..::herman wrote:

> it seems using mask.
> btw, the pic distort effect is so great, how to do ???

>
>
> .::herman wrote:
>
> > it seems using mask.
> > btw, the pic distort effect is so great, how to do ???
>
>
> Hi Herman , that's again frame by frame images sequences imported to
flash.
> You can zoom in on right click to see the pixels while the movie loading
> The author is known for using very basic flash and obtaining nice visual
results.
> Just like Eric Jordan from www.2advanced.com
> Lots of work on tiny details , mostly very fundamental flash features and
minimum
> action script , just lots of images sequences and tweens across multiple
layers.
> It's not hard, just time consuming and not many has patience for that.
>

"Matt" <matt-news@extremausa.com> wrote in message
news:c8d4vb$5r8$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> tony wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I came across a site that had a nice effect for it's text:
www.okworks.com.
> > If you click on Company, I love the way the text comes in, starts of
sort of
> > scattered and backwards then lines up everything nicely.
> >
> > Has anyone seen a tutorial or something that could give me an idea of
how
> > this effect is done? If anyone knows a good site that shows text effects
in
> > general (besides flashkit) that would be great too.
> >
> > Thanks, T
> >
> >
> It look like they took each line of the text and did a typing effect.
> Some were right justified, some were left, some were center. Just make
> each line a dynamic textbox, assign it an instance name, and then
> dynamically write to the box.
>
> Textbox instance mytext1 (aligned center)
> Textbox instance mytext2 (aligned right)
>
> var the_text_of_one_line = new Array();
> var the_text_of_one_line[0] = "This is what I want to say.";
> var the_text_of_one_line[1] = "This is something else I want to say.";
>
> In frame1 of the movie where all this text is, do this:
>
> this.onEnterFrame = function() {
> mytext1.text = substring(the_text_of_one_line[0], 0, count);
> mytext2.text = substring(the_text_of_one_line[1], 0, count);
> count++;
> };
>
> Something like that ought to get you on your way to making this effect
>

tony wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> Thanks for all that! I've been trying it out and I had a question, where do
> I put this code:
>
> var the_text_of_one_line = new Array();
> var the_text_of_one_line[0] = "This is what I want to say.";
> var the_text_of_one_line[1] = "This is something else I want to say.";
>
> Sorry I'm still new at this.
>
> Thanks, T
>
>
>
>
> "Matt" <matt-news@extremausa.com> wrote in message
> news:c8d4vb$5r8$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>>tony wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I came across a site that had a nice effect for it's text:
>
> www.okworks.com.
>
>>>If you click on Company, I love the way the text comes in, starts of
>
> sort of
>
>>>scattered and backwards then lines up everything nicely.
>>>
>>>Has anyone seen a tutorial or something that could give me an idea of
>
> how
>
>>>this effect is done? If anyone knows a good site that shows text effects
>
> in
>
>>>general (besides flashkit) that would be great too.
>>>
>>>Thanks, T
>>>
>>>
>>
>>It look like they took each line of the text and did a typing effect.
>>Some were right justified, some were left, some were center. Just make
>>each line a dynamic textbox, assign it an instance name, and then
>>dynamically write to the box.
>>
>>Textbox instance mytext1 (aligned center)
>>Textbox instance mytext2 (aligned right)
>>
>>var the_text_of_one_line = new Array();
>>var the_text_of_one_line[0] = "This is what I want to say.";
>>var the_text_of_one_line[1] = "This is something else I want to say.";
>>
>>In frame1 of the movie where all this text is, do this:
>>
>>this.onEnterFrame = function() {
>>mytext1.text = substring(the_text_of_one_line[0], 0, count);
>>mytext2.text = substring(the_text_of_one_line[1], 0, count);
>>count++;
>>};
>>
>>Something like that ought to get you on your way to making this effect
>>
>
>
>

"Matt" <holycrap@doyouthinkiknow.com> wrote in message
news:c8fn2g$mso$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> tony wrote:
> > Hi Matt,
> >
> > Thanks for all that! I've been trying it out and I had a question, where
do
> > I put this code:
> >
> > var the_text_of_one_line = new Array();
> > var the_text_of_one_line[0] = "This is what I want to say.";
> > var the_text_of_one_line[1] = "This is something else I want to say.";
> >
> > Sorry I'm still new at this.
> >
> > Thanks, T
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Matt" <matt-news@extremausa.com> wrote in message
> > news:c8d4vb$5r8$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> >
> >>tony wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>I came across a site that had a nice effect for it's text:
> >
> > www.okworks.com.
> >
> >>>If you click on Company, I love the way the text comes in, starts of
> >
> > sort of
> >
> >>>scattered and backwards then lines up everything nicely.
> >>>
> >>>Has anyone seen a tutorial or something that could give me an idea of
> >
> > how
> >
> >>>this effect is done? If anyone knows a good site that shows text
effects
> >
> > in
> >
> >>>general (besides flashkit) that would be great too.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks, T
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>It look like they took each line of the text and did a typing effect.
> >>Some were right justified, some were left, some were center. Just make
> >>each line a dynamic textbox, assign it an instance name, and then
> >>dynamically write to the box.
> >>
> >>Textbox instance mytext1 (aligned center)
> >>Textbox instance mytext2 (aligned right)
> >>
> >>var the_text_of_one_line = new Array();
> >>var the_text_of_one_line[0] = "This is what I want to say.";
> >>var the_text_of_one_line[1] = "This is something else I want to say.";
> >>
> >>In frame1 of the movie where all this text is, do this:
> >>
> >>this.onEnterFrame = function() {
> >>mytext1.text = substring(the_text_of_one_line[0], 0, count);
> >>mytext2.text = substring(the_text_of_one_line[1], 0, count);
> >>count++;
> >>};
> >>
> >>Something like that ought to get you on your way to making this effect
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> I'm sorry, I must have confused you with the line "In frame1 of the
> movie where all this text is, do this:", all of that actionscript goes
> in frame 1.
>
> So the answer is: frame 1 also.