# Writing effect in flash **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 13, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324 "2004-08-13T14:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kill\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Kill\_Bill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kill_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/1 "2004-08-13T14:30:16Z")
Hey, Is there any tutorials or can you tell me how to make something look as if its being written in flash? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/2 "2004-08-13T14:42:27Z")
Hand written? ---
**Author:** ![Kill\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Kill\_Bill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kill_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/3 "2004-08-13T15:00:15Z")
Sort of, so you have text in flash and you do something to it and it looks as if its been written from nothing into the finished text… ---
**Author:** ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/4 "2004-08-13T15:12:06Z")
Thats tough… you’ll have to use tweens. I think there’s a tutorial about that on flashkit ---
**Author:** ![Kill\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Kill\_Bill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kill_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/5 "2004-08-13T15:23:04Z")
I will search it, but if you find it before me plz post ---
**Author:** ![bodyvisual](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bodyvisual/32/564_2.png) [@bodyvisual](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bodyvisual)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/6 "2004-08-13T15:27:02Z")
masking 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kill\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Kill\_Bill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kill_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/7 "2004-08-13T17:26:50Z")
How do i do it through masking? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Yuki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@Yuki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yuki)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/8 "2004-08-13T23:46:33Z")
Check this out [http://www.mudbubble.com/db\_tutorials/db\_tut\_write2.html](http://www.mudbubble.com/db_tutorials/db_tut_write2.html) ---
**Author:** ![plonker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plonker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/plonker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/9 "2004-08-14T09:26:16Z")
I find this to be the best way > [@Yuki](#): > > Check this out > > [http://www.mudbubble.com/db\_tutorials/db\_tut\_write2.html](http://www.mudbubble.com/db_tutorials/db_tut_write2.html) ---
**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-effect-in-flash/119324/10 "2004-08-15T05:48:40Z")
yeah frame by frame seems to be the best way to do it, or you can complicate things and try to use a mask or shape tweens with shape hints. most productive way is frame by frame, you get what you want and theres no hassle with coding or other stuff.