Flying letters effect

Read this thoroughly explained, detailed tutorial and see how to create advanced flying letters animation, which you can use for any flash banner or some presentation. You don't have to use action script code to make this lesson. Using this lesson, you will also learn how to break apart any text, how to convert every letter into a Movie Clip Symbol, how to animate it and much more!

Step 1

Open a new flash document. Press Ctrl+J key on the keyboard (Document Properties) and set the dimensions of your document as whatever you like. Select any color as background color. Set your Flash movie's frame rate to 30 and click ok.



Step 2

Select the Text Tool (A) and type any text.

Step 3

While the text is still selected, press Ctrl+B key on the keyboard (Break apart) to break apart it. See the picture below!



Step 4

Press now Ctrl+Shift+D key to place each letter in a separate layer. See the picture below!



Step 5

Set now the letters all around the flash scene. See the picture below!



Step 6

Select now only the first letter and press F8 key (Convert to Symbol) to convert it into a Movie Clip Symbol.



Step 7

Click now on frame 10 and press F6 key. While you're still on frame 10, place the letter on this position.



Step 8

Right-click anywhere on the gray area between the two keyframes on the timeline and choose Create Motion Tween from the menu that appear.



Step 9

Click now on frame 20 and press F5 key.

Step 10

Select now the second letter and press F8 key (Convert to Symbol) to convert it into a Movie Clip Symbol.



Step 11

After that, using the Selection Tool (V) and "drag and drop" technique, move the first frame of second letter on frame ten. See the picture below!



Step 12

Click now on frame 15 and 20 and press again F6 key. While you're still on frame 20, place the second letter on the position like it is shown on the picture below!



Step 13

Go back now on frame 15 and place the letter on this position:



Step 14

Right-click anywhere on the gray area between frame 10 and 15 and frame 15 and 20 on the timeline and choose Create Motion Tween from the menu that appears.



We're done with the first two letters. Repeat this process also for every other letters!

Test your movie and enjoy!

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