Select
the Type Tool
or press the T key
on your keyboard.
Click
in the document and type out some text.
Step 2: Copy the text
Click
the text once to select it
Click
Command-C/Control-C
to copy it
Step 3: Create a new layer
Click once on the Insert
Layer button to create the new layer
Step 4: Paste
the text on the new layer
Click
on Frame 1 of the new layer you just created
Click
Command-Shift-V/Control-Shift-V
to Paste In Place.
This will paste the text in the same spot as it is in the bottom
layer.
Step 5:
Reposition the text on Layer 1
Click
once on Layer 1 to select the layer
Using
the arrow keys on you keyboard, nudge the text down and to the
right.
Change
the color of the text to a light to medium gray
Step 6:
Break the text apart
With the text on Layer 1 still selected,
click Command-B/Control-B to break
it apart.
Step 7:
Modify the Text
Go up
to Modify>Shape>Soften
Fill Edges
Set
the Distance
to 1
Set the
Steps to 2
And the Final Effect:
We've added 4 New Movies to our
Flash 5 source files cd! These include detailed videos on:
1. Tell Target/With
2. Dynamic Text 1
3. Dynamic Text 2
4. Animated Fly Out menu Part 2
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About the CDROM:
These movies are the SAME content found in our Flash 5 tutorials, but
the quality is clearly better than the streaming, web-compressed format
we have online with Frame Rates up to 20 TIMES FASTER and CD-ROM quality
AUDIO!
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