imitate handwriting with scanned signature

[mtgentry]

I've got a scanned signature and I want to make it look like its being written by a pencil on the screen. Is there any way to do this with a mask and motion guide? I really don't want to do it frame by frame.

thanks in advance!

[apotropaic]

In case nobody finds you a decent solution using paths and masks... here's a pretty good one frame by frame, the easy way.

http://www.designsequence.net/data/v2/index.php?page=hand

[oldnewbie]

http://www.anet.ro/flashzone/tutorial%20flash/writeeffect.htm

http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Effects/Text_Effects/Pencil_W-Brandon_-9076/index.php