# How does this work? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [June 22, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-does-this-work/23792 "2003-06-22T12:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![posix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@posix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/posix)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-does-this-work/23792/1 "2003-06-22T12:11:14Z")
Hey, new user… Just curious about how this script works: [http://ferryhalim.com/orisinal/text/particles.htm](http://ferryhalim.com/orisinal/text/particles.htm) Does anyone know a tutorial or something that would tell how to create an effect similar to this? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-does-this-work/23792/2 "2003-06-22T13:29:28Z")
its a white mc with little boxes in it moving across the background. It probably has 3 frames that each just look like random placement of the boxes, and the whole clip slides across revealling the word. (could be scripted but doesnt need to be) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-does-this-work/23792/3 "2003-06-22T22:02:59Z")
Yeah its a just a white foreground that slided across, while the word fades in on timing. This could be done a bit better by using a mask also. Viru. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-does-this-work/23792/4 "2003-06-23T09:33:32Z")
hehe, alright. Thank you both for responding. Im new to Flash though, and dont really know where I would begin to trying and recreate this effect. Are there any tutorials on this anywhere? Ive looked all over flashkit and [were-here.com](http://were-here.com) but couldnt seem to find anything that resembles it at all. I think i could recreate it if i had a rough guideline to go by, but with just your input im totally lost! hah Am i just in over my head with this? Oh, also. Whats a good site to go for a general crash-course on the basics of flash? Ive done things with the program already, but have mostly just skipped around and need a thorough how to on the basics. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-does-this-work/23792/5 "2003-06-23T09:44:06Z")
yeah just use a mask look at my sig thats a mask. i just made half the mask up with little +'s and the other half just a plain block of colour. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-does-this-work/23792/6 "2003-06-23T20:24:53Z")
ugh… mcnasty, can you link me a .fla of your banner please? Im totally lost, i think i need to deconstruct a finished product to understand what everyone is talking about… Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-does-this-work/23792/7 "2003-06-26T09:07:21Z")
ugh… ive been trying to make this effect work for the past hour but it still doesnt work right… can anyone help me out with a tut or an fla, so maybe i could get the idea of what your talking about? Thanks, sorry for the newbness…