max blur text effect

[Tink]

hi

not sure how to explain these effects i think its always best to put a link so here it is. i'm looking for the effect that is at the bottom of the splash page where the text blurs into somthing else.

eeermmm this effect (http://home.earthlink.net/~jaejchang/)

any ideas. i'm looking for a scripted answer really.

anyone know of some script in general for blurring stuff where u can change the amount of blur?

cheers

BLEEDA

[dburgessjr]

no actionscript needed really.

you would get your best results if you just opened photoshop, typed out the text and aplied a motion blur to your desire. save then import the graphic into flash. use a motion tween with high frame rates to get the effect of high speed.

[Tink]

thanks dburgessjr

i kinda knew i could do this but don't think it will produce such a professional effect

BUT

i must apologise for postin this as after searchin i found a thread which jesse answered sayin SWfx was the way to go.

so sorry to waste peeps time

maybe i'll be back to tell ya what i thought of it

BLEEDA

[nic]

Hey Bleeda, wotz SWfx?

Does anyone have any ideas on doing the text effect with AS?

[Tink]

hi nic

swfx is a text fx program like swish. u animate the text in the program, save it as an swf and then import it into your flash movie.

i have a prototype code for creating a blur on text but it wasn't really what i was after. the link above showed the text blur more and more until it began to focus as a different word.

anyhows, heres some stuff i have for text fx although i aint really studied it.

[nic]

Oh my god, a text document!

Thanks Bleeda, I'm 'a gonna have 2 read this over lunch and after coffee...

Later.

[nic]

Thanks lotz Bleeda, that doc looks spot on!!!

Is it normal for you to document stuff like that (I could never do it!)??

I figure I'll give yer book a miss, though maybe you should write one up about AS for people who are not code heads (I'm not), you got's a way with wordies!

Good stuff, thanx again!

_____

Does that SWFx make kinda large swf's?
I have a couple affiliate companys who let me use their progs 4 free, but they normally make unpleasantly large files, so I only use 'em for swisho CD presentations and the like...

How's London?

I lived around London town for a couple of years (working as a photog @ Madame Tussuads), had clean out my breathing mask at least once every couple of weex. I guess the lungs were well black to begin with...

Enjoy the London air...

[Billy T]

Originally posted by nic


I figure I'll give yer book a miss, though maybe you should write one up about AS for people who are not code heads (I'm not), you got's a way with wordies!


umm eerrr.....

I don't think he wrote it....;)

correct me if I'm wrong...

[nic]

Do you have a copy BT?

Looked at the cover; looked at Bleeda's love heart pic - decided blindly that the two have a sinister similarity. Struck me, so I made big assumptions, naturally.

Anyhow Bleeda, the doc u put up is like a chapter from one of those books written for idiots (such as yours truly) by a super non-idiot (such as the author of the book?!? Hmmm, not sure about that one)! Anyhoo, it just read well:::::

I'd say you are right BT (as usual), oh by the way, thanx to you for all of that good-lovin' help y' give out all day!

Regards, Nic.

[Tink]

lol - nope it aint my book. if fact i not sure wot book ur on about? lol

the text document was some script that someone posted on this forum (might even have been billy t but im not sure).

the reason its on a word document is so i can print it out and work out how the f**k it works. like urself i aint a script head so i put it into flash then paste it into word and sit for hours on end wondering why, how, when and will i ever be able to right something like it.

1 day maybe. the air is beautiful. full of that skunky smell.

BLEEDA:D

[Billy T]

Bleeda/Nic

I finally got around to going through that text file and I can't get the damn thing to work - do either of you have an fla you can upload?

Thanks

[nic]

I haven't tried it out in fla (yet)...

[Tink]

i thought u had wrote it billy?

BLEEDA

[Billy T]

me? nope...

[nic]

BillyT can knock it up in a few minutes, not?

T'would be a really great effect, to use cheaply with AS could be well useful...

[Billy T]

Originally posted by nic
BillyT can knock it up in a few minutes, not?


Nope I tried and got a heap of syntax errors that I couldnt figure - thats why I asked if anyone else had it.

[Jesse]

OK try this 30 second script I whipped up. It goes on the text MC:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.blur != false) {
if (!_root.done) {
this.duplicateMovieClip('tmp', 1);
}
_root.done = true;
this._width += 2;
this._alpha -= 10;
_root.tmp._x = this._x+random(3);
_root.tmp._y = this._y+random(3);
if (this._alpha<2) {
_root.tmp.removeMovieClip();
_root.blur = false;
}
}
}

[Billy T]

what does this script do jesse? what else is needed?

Thanks

[Tink]

just been looking for the origonal thread!!!!!!!!!

seems to have disappeared?

[nic]

Welcome back Blood!

Is Jesse's script putting a little blurry image thang for the in-between bits, or is it getting at an actual dynamic blurry tween AS thingy, happening here? I'm not sure what bits y'd need either..

[Jesse]

I walked into this thread blindly. Read the first bit which I percieved was about dynamically achieving shaking, blurring text, and made up that script which goes on an MC with a text field inside it. Am I way off the mark?

[nic]

Yeah Jesse, that's about it! The idea is to blur from one bit of text into the other... I ain't got time to look at yer sweet code just now...

[Tink]

sounds like u got the idea of things to me jesse. ill give the code a go later. just wondered where i got that origonal piece of script i posted from. it was from an old thread here but i can't seem to find it.

i remember the site the thread was on about but not the addy.

has a white background and all the text comes flying in with a blur and then these '[ ]' follow ur mouse round and fit around the options as u mouse over them. i'll keep looking.

BLEEDA

[nic]

Here (http://home.earthlink.net/~jaejchang/)

[Billy T]

I dont think thats it

I think I know the site bleeda is talking about - all black and white with lots of flash experiments

I cant find the link either :(

[Tink]

hooray!!!!! i found the origonal thread.

it was wangbar who posted the code up.

heres the thread and the link it talks about. not really asking any more of anyone here. it was just doing my head in about where i found the code that i posted.

thread (http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=6861)

link (http://www.kazsh.com/)

phew!

BLEEDA

[spurtnik]

One small point to note here. Wildforms' Swfx and Goldshell's
Flax are both like Swish, with one not so insiginificant difference.

Both Swfx and Flax use prefabricated text effects. Some of
those prefrabricated effects contain Actionscript and as such
will NOT port over to Swish (or Flash, I believe) which will
then strip out the Actionscript. Not all of the effects use
Actionscript, I believe, the difference is Flash 3 vs Flash 4.

In Swfx, the effects are clearly marked, either 3 or 4 and
there's an opening screen caveat in the latest version of
Swfx (2.1) stating this.

If you choose to use either Swfx or Flax, and would like
to build on those effects using still other programs, it's
probably going to be useful to know this.

The same folks who put out Flax, also put out a program
named - Clipyard (FREE) which allows you to mix and
match effects to a very limited degree. They also put
out the program - Mix-Fx, which allows you to add additional
prefabricated effects.

This is NOT a sales pitch. Makes me no difference what program
you use, but, you might want to factor this info into your
decision. Could save some headaches later.

Bye.