In this flash lesson, You will see how to create pinWheel text banner using the adobe after effects and flash. This banner you can use for any web site or for some presentation. Let's start!

Example:



Step 1

Create a new after effects composition. Set the Width of Your composition to 300 and Height to 200 px. For Preset set Custom, for Pixel Aspect Ratio set Square Pixels and set the Frame Rate to 36 fps.



Step 2

Select the Horizontal Type Tool (Ctrl+T) and type any text on the Stage.



Step 3

Choose Window > Effects&Presets (Ctrl+5).

Step 4

In the Effects&Presets Panel choose Animation Presets > Text >  Curves and Spins > PinWheel. See the picture below!

Step 5

Go now to the Timeline and reduce the length of the film to the length of the animation.

Step 6

After that, choose Composition > Trim Comp To Work Area.

Step 7

Choose now File > Export > Adobe Flash (Swf).

Step 8

Create a new flash document. Set the Width of Your document to 300 and Height to 200 px. Set Black color as background color and set the Frame Rate to 36 fps.

Step 9

Create a new Movie Clip (Ctrl+F8) and name it PinWheelText.

Step 10

Choose now File > Import > Import to Stage (Ctrl+R) and Import a swf file that we just made in After Effects.

Step 11

Select now the Last Keyframe and go to the AS panel (F9). Then, enter this code inside the actions panel:

stop();

Step 12

Go back on the main stage (Scene 1). After that, drag the Text Movie Clip from the Flash Library on the Flash Stage using the Selection Tool (V) and drag and drop technique.

Step 13

Click now on frame 37 (last keyframe of animation) and hit F6 key.

We're done!

Have a nice day!

Download source file (.fla)