This tutorial was written for the Flash Designer software, which allows you to create flash animations in a much easier way than by using Macromedia Flash. You may get Flash Designer here.
To create the text animation:
- Launch Flash Designer. Choose "Frame" > "Frame Size" to set movie dimensions.
- Choose "Text" tool and click on the frame. Type the text (for example "Text Animation") and click OK.
- Choose "Edit" > "Align" > "Center on Page" to center the text on the frame.
- Choose "Item" > "Intro" > "Intro Animation"
- Check "Glyph Animation" option and choose "Zoom". Click OK.
- Press F9 to preview the animation. Hit "Esc" to close preview.
- Choose "Item" > "Intro" > "Intro Animation"
- Check "Fade" option. Click OK.
- Press F9 to see how the fade option works.
2 Way & Always Visible option
- Make sure the text is still selected.
- Choose "Item" > "Intro" > "Intro Animation"
- Check "2 Way" and "Always Visible" option. Click OK.
- Press F9 to see how these options work.
