Using this thoroughly explained, detailed flash lesson, I will explain to you how to create cool paper text animation. You don't have to use action script code to make this lesson. You can use this animation for any web banner or for some presentation. To create this lesson, you have to use Adobe After Effects and flash. Let's go!



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 38 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 >  Paths > Paper Clip. See the picture below!



Step 5

Using the Selection Tool (V) and drag and drop technique, move the Paper Clip effect from Effects&Presets panel on the text on the stage.

Step 6

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

Step 7

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

Step 8

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

Step 9

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

Step 10

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



Step 11

Call the current layer paper text.

Step 12

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

Step 13

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.

We're done!

Enjoy!

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