(4) Blurring

• this effect is another version of the effect that combines the moving and the fading of the text so in order to understand this effect, follow the previous template carefully
• remember we said in the last template that we included the text in a Movie Clip because we can modify it as we wish
• double click the Movie Clip to edit it






• on the first layer we have the text witch will remain the same
• create a new layer, copy the frame witch contains the text, and paste in the second frame of the new layer
• click the text in the new layer and move it a bit to the left (from the Property Panel or from the keyboard) so you can obtain a blur effect
• create another layer and do the same on the frame 3, but this time move it a bit more (you will be able to read the text but the text will be blurred)
• so in the first three frames we will have the transition between the clean text and the blurred one, witch will take place when the text will move from the center to the right
• in the frames 4-5 take out the 3rd instance of the text and then the 2nd so frame 5 will look like frame 1
• so far we created the horizontal blur; now on the frames 6-10 create the vertical blur ion the same way we did the first
• now for the frames 3, 5, 8, 10 add in the Action Panel the code : stop(); (this will separate the four types of blur and will help pass from one to another when needed)
• return to the Main Stage by clicking "Stage 1"(above the Timeline)
• in the layer witch contains the Movie Clip, click on every KeyFrame, then on the Movie Clip and in the Property Panel, give the Movie Clip a name (we gave it the name "example")
• now we can decide how the Movie Clip will look by using the code: example.gotoAndPlay(frame) witch will start playing the Movie Clip from the frame specified
• so in the first frame of the Main Stage, we will use example.gotoAndPlay(1), witch will start playing the Movie Clip (the text will become blurred) witch will stop at frame 3 because we added the action stop() for the frame 3, and will remain at frame 3 until we will decide to change it (frame 20 - when we want the text to become normal)
• so every time we need to change how the Movie Clip appears we use the upper code

Please take in consideration our next advices:

• check out our source file in order to better understand how you can trigger each one of the four instances of the Movie Clip example
• because the technique used for the fade is the same as in the "Simple fade" template, you will only be able to use this effect on a one color background, but if you remove the layer with the fade you can use it on any background
• you can decrease the alpha (transparency) parameter in the Color Panel on the 2nd and 3rd instance of the text to obtain a smother effect