Category: Flash

Wrote this over the weekend. I remembered a text effect I was taught by one of my past managers, so wanted to see if I could recreate it for any block of text.

Low and behold, I did!

Simply click on a text field with text in it to select it, run the command, and walla, you have a reusable, graphic symbol with the effect!

It’s not very customizable in terms of speed; it only looks good at 31 or 61 frames per second. Keep in mind it creates a graphic symbol, not a movie clip. Therefore, the graphic symbol must reside in the same amount of frames on the timeline that the graphic symbol itself has on it’s own timeline. Confused? Just convert it to a movie clip. At any rate, pretty neat one can automate some of this stuff. I wish I could spend a week just writing a bunch of these, and then package them up!

JXL-Withrow Text Effect – MXP | JSFL

Sample

Her majesty is using this for one of her sites. Basically, it is a presence chat engine that works with an optionally installed client program to broadcast presence when your homepage is not open. Curious how it worked, I cracked it open and it uses XMLSocket. I’m curious how they afford all of the connections since the service is free and they claim to not sell your email address. Regardless, neat to see Flash take a niche market like this, and at the same time have el niche market peeps recommend the Flash 7 Player… even though they use version 6 looking components. Check it out.

Just to give the previous entry context, here are some awesome Flash Loops:

Nerrbody

Yeah

Skeet

X Gon Give it to Ya

Boing

Let’s Get GIRtarted

Popeyes

Coconuts

*******

GI Joe Spoofs

…as old as these are, I still love going around saying “Who wants a body massage?” Great stuff! I think the Pork Chop Sandwhiches is the only one not work safe… you have been warned.

Edited GI Joe Cartoons via Fensler Film.

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