FLASH Project - I

Select frame 1 of Dynamic Text layer and draw a text block in the middle of stage as shown. Select this text block and open Character panel (Ctrl+T). Choose following Font parameters:

Font: Monotype Corsiva (Choose another stylish font if not available) Size: 61 Color: #009966 (same as that of Background color)

Click Text options tab and choose Dynamic Text from pull-down menu. In the variable box, type “text” and press ENTER. The string stored in the variable “text” will be displayed in this dynamic text block. Select frame 40 of this layer and press F5.

How it Works?

At first glance the trick seems to be a confusing to beginner. Actually the logic behind is a very simple one. The color of dynamic text and movie background is same, i.e. #009966. The star with different color has been placed in between the background and dynamic text. When movie plays, the dynamic text doesn’t remain prominent on the background due to the same color used. But star on its motion when reaches in between background and dynamic text, the dynamic text becomes visible due to different color of star and dynamic text.

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