Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Creating a Writing Effect
Published on November 2, 2009 by Chad Troftgruben · 85 CommentsIn this Flash tutorial I show you how to make it look like your text is being written out using keyframes and a few other techniques.
Tags: animation, flash design, text
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[..YouTube..] love you broo..
[..YouTube..] can you tell me how to doo this with a background?
[..YouTube..] Please give me the link to download adobe flash for windows!! Pleas be quick
[..YouTube..] This video was so helpful! thank you
[..YouTube..] Thank you!
[..YouTube..] 7 ppl say goodbye
[..YouTube..] Thanks for that!
[..YouTube..] i clicked this because it said ho in the video thumbnail
[..YouTube..] nice
[..YouTube..] Awesome, thanks for the tutorials dude!
[..YouTube..] Your studio and You Tube Video’s are the best. Thank you for helping me get an A in my flash class. YA ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[..YouTube..] what software is that?
[..YouTube..] What if we have a tablet and are inputting the text by hand? Is there an easier way?
[..YouTube..] thank you so much
[..YouTube..] @talaleshki wich is why this is a tutorial
[..YouTube..] I figured it out, alankarmisra, is right, masks is a better way to go. The use of the eraser-tool makes the flash weight alot more, I did the same thing with mask and instead of 890 kb I got 65kb witch is alot more apreciated when actually using on a webpage.
[..YouTube..] Very informative and easy to follow, for that I thank you. But the swf file wighs 800kb when I did this on a plain simple colour, no images involved, why is this?
[..YouTube..] @LilredheadComics Neat video – although I wouldn’t encourage the use of frame rates to write faster or slower! It’s probably a better idea to stick to the frame rate of the target medium and adjust the frames instead. Quick question though – wouldn’t the use of masks be a better idea generally speaking? Personally I think so but I haven’t really worked with a lot of write-on text animations so wondering what your opinion is.
[..YouTube..] Thanks a lot man. It was really helpful =)
[..YouTube..] is it just me or does he sound like mark zuckerberg?
[..YouTube..] you rock thanks btw here is a jokego to ( 3:17 ) xD
[..YouTube..] i was about to over comlicate this with maskes and stuff lol when you said just break apart and erase one question though did you have your frame rate at 50 just for example or was there another reason to have it higher than 30
[..YouTube..] wow.. brilliant brilliant brilliant. this is really helpful. thank you very much for sharing this.
[..YouTube..] thanks man, thats really cool!
[..YouTube..] @nmarinos do you have the option on that the text becomes a symbol right after you write it?
[..YouTube..] Nice video…thank you…nonetheless I have a problem…when I’m trying to erase the letters,the missing part reappears when I leave the mouse click. I tried to write a word with the brush and the eraser works fine. The problem occurs only with the text…
[..YouTube..] Hey I just love this effect. can you tell me, is there a way to create this effect and when its done have it remain on the page as a static image? I’m using this effect as for my signature on my portfolio site which contains 4 pages. This is on the first page but if someone revisits the page, the effect does not replay nor is it static, the area is just left blank….I want the signature to remain as a static image. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
[..YouTube..] You gave us hell @ 3:08
[..YouTube..] great tutorial…how would you import just the word or words into a current flash project?
[..YouTube..] OMG F6 – i always wondered on mac!! thank you ! lol
[..YouTube..] Awesome tutorial! THX
[..YouTube..] or you can use mask.. nice tutorial tho
[..YouTube..] Nice
[..YouTube..] I love trying to pronounce your name.
[..YouTube..] @talaleshki I don’t know how to use flash.
[..YouTube..] i Love you,and r videos of course
[..YouTube..] THANK YOY VERY VERY MUUUUUCH !!!!!!!!!!
[..YouTube..] i love ur tutorials
[..YouTube..] 4 people don’t know how to use flash
[..YouTube..] thanks for the tutorial man ^^ thanks
[..YouTube..] Can I make this on transparent background? Btw, tutorial is fantastic!
[..YouTube..] I’ve seen lots of tutorials, but these are by far the best.And I mean it.Really thanks.
[..YouTube..] how can i erase a text in Adobe Flash using the eraser tool since it comes back to the original text always?
[..YouTube..] ooh, very nice
[..YouTube..] Thank you, this was very effective for my project!
[..YouTube..] @MikeFokkens calm down…
[..YouTube..] english….. dude..
[..YouTube..] @1StarLuigi opinion then.. fuck you, I’m not even englash so don’t you start flaming for fucks sakes.
[..YouTube..] @MikeFokkens uppinion???
[..YouTube..] @AnaydenaStudios I understand what you’re saying, but don’t you agree this with me:In my uppinion it’s better to “don’t learn” it than learning it the complete wrong way, because this will work in innocent things like this, but with much bigger projects it’ll give huge problems, leaving nothing else than to start all over again!
[..YouTube..] @MikeFokkens Sure, i’ve seen all kinds of ways people have recorded on their desktops. All I’m saying is your criticizing a video, and you don’t even have a video to show the “right way”. Just thank the man for taking time to show a tut to a bunch of noobs cause he’s helping people out, and apparently you arent…
[..YouTube..] @AnaydenaStudios I would make one, If I wanted all the crappy videocapturesoftware on my computer. but since I dont wont that shit, there will never be one
[..YouTube..] @MikeFokkens As long as its getting the job done… hey, where’s your tutorial for it?
[..YouTube..] this is so THE worong way, you should use masks, not delete chunks backwards..
[..YouTube..] 3:20 Hell !!
[..YouTube..] OK this went good, but I want to stop the cycle once its done! But it keeps carrying on. I just want to carry it on once.
[..YouTube..] Very good tutorial, thanks!
[..YouTube..] thanks this is exactly what i was looking for. thumbs up
[..YouTube..] useful**
[..YouTube..] Thank you man ! This is very helpful .
[..YouTube..] thx, nice tut
[..YouTube..] thanks!!!! subscribed!!!!
[..YouTube..] @Tfreetime create a new layer and put the background on one layer and the text on the other. Then lock the background layer and follow the tutorial
[..YouTube..] Cooool
[..YouTube..] Excellent Tutorial .. easy to follow and fun to achieve, Just what I was Looking for Thank you !!!!!
[..YouTube..] very interesting and helpful thank a million
[..YouTube..] grate one
[..YouTube..] why take the long step just do it in after effects much easy and faster
[..YouTube..] Wow thanks for this! Its very helpful! Thanks!
[..YouTube..] @Tfreetime You need to use layers. If you have a background, put that on the bottom layer, then put your text on the layer above that. If you lock the background layer it’ll be just as you intended it to be.
[..YouTube..] It would be a lot easier (as you dont have to think backwardly) to leave the text as it is, create a Mask layer and then do the effect by drawing over the text with the paintbrush/pencil tool so only the drawn section will be revealed
[..YouTube..] @Tfreetime put it at different layer
[..YouTube..] What if I have the color background? How do I avoid when it also erase my background.Thank you
[..YouTube..] THANK YOU!
[..YouTube..] Thank you again!!
[..YouTube..] @djyips10 He uses the “Monotype Corsiva” font.
[..YouTube..] @djyips10 Monotype Corsiva
[..YouTube..] lol on one part it says hell
[..YouTube..] what font is it that he uses in the tutorial????
[..YouTube..] awesome thank youooooooooooo !!! woot woot
[..YouTube..] @GrandDewalt , you could cheat, by downloadin a quick program that records your screen and what your doing. then play the animation? maybe try that if ur just trying to put them on youtube.
[..YouTube..] Nice! Thanks You for your time.
[..YouTube..] thx for that, it helps very much
[..YouTube..] very cool =)
[..YouTube..] Great tutorials man your my sensei lol