# Overlap Text Effect

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlap-text-effect/33775>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [October 23, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlap-text-effect/33775 "2003-10-23T14:31:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![neverrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/919ad9/32.png) [@neverrain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/neverrain)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlap-text-effect/33775/1 "2003-10-23T14:31:49Z")

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Hey,

This is the effect I am trying to make… [http://www.neostream.com/](http://www.neostream.com/). See at the begining before the preloader starts the text effect? It sits on the screen for a second then duplicates itself with a lower alpha, anyone know of a tutorial on how to do this effect?

Thanks.

datapinp  
:tie:

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**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:** [October 23, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlap-text-effect/33775/2 "2003-10-23T16:03:13Z")

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Turn the text into a graphic symbol.

Click on the graphic symbol you created, use CTRL+D to duplicate it, relocate and open the properties panel to adjust the alpha. This is of course a frame by frame animation.

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**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:** [October 23, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlap-text-effect/33775/3 "2003-10-23T19:04:55Z")

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i HATe those loading volts effects, so annoying.

mmh. offtopic again