Make text have an "animated shine/glare"?

[jhbmw007]

I have some black/grey text that I want a quick animation glare to go "over" it from left to right. How would I achieve this in AS? I know it involves masking, but I'm stuck.

[Nolan Scott]

Please, check this file out -“glaretest.anme”- and modify to your needs.

http://homepage.mac.com/nolan.scott/


cheers
Nolan

[toonertime]

ulead has a product called Cool 3d that is designed
specifically to create special effects for text.

http://www.ulead.com/cool3d/runme.htm

It is basically an animation program for words,
and fun to play with.

[jhbmw007]

Please, check this file out -“glaretest.anme”- and modify to your needs.

http://homepage.mac.com/nolan.scott/


cheers
Nolan

Thanks- I actually ended up figuring it out and this is exactly how I did it! Except my glare was made from a black-to-white radient filled square (actually 2 squares back-to-back). But the soft-edge you used would have been easier! Here's what I was working on:

http://geniusrocket.com/video/geniusrocket-brain