help with flash

[cressy]

hi i am currently learning flash and action script, no i have come to the affect of 'electricity' around my text, does anyone know how i can make this effect, also is there any way to make your own effects from scratch?
thanks

[Sgaspar11]

Well, you can always use keyframe animation to create this effect. And, with Flash 9 (CS3) you actually apply tweens and animations from one object to another.

As for a "program" that creates text effects - flash has a couple already built in, and you can use the FILTERS tab in flash to manipulate the text and use keyframe animation to do some pretty fun stuff with that.

Cheers,

Scott

[cressy]

thanks for your advice, however i am still running flash 8, i have not had the time to upgrade yet, and i am in constant struggle with my studying lol, i have picked up some useful effects with action script but the sorce at which i gt these was limited to what effects it gave, is there anywhere you could suggest i go to learn more?

[Sgaspar11]

There aren't many out there.

Maybe some of these will help out...

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial...Text-Effects/1

[cressy]

thanks