ActionScript 3.0 :: Apply Effects To Individual Letters
Apr 24, 2010
Im new to actionscript 3 and im trying to create a flash file that uses actionscript 3. I want to be able to apply actionscript effects to the letters of some dynamic text. I currently have the following that applys a line of text to a dynamic text box and it then applys an effect to it.
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I want to try and use dynamic text so that i can have several different strings showing up at different times. I am also thinking about using other effects at the same time such as scaling effects but i though i would ask only using one effect to make it a bit easier. ow do I apply the effect to each indevidual letter of the dynamic text? I am sure of the length of the text as it will be used for different length strings.
I want to be able to cycle through different lines of text in wich i need to try and figure out how to fade one out and fade another one in after a certain time. I know how to fade something using actionscript but am not sure how to load a new one after an amount of time. The number of strings to cycle through may also be different in each itteration of the file.
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