text kerning effect

[delwad]

I'd like to do a tweened text effect where my text "stretches" from a tight kern (spacing) to a loose one. If I just create my text and scale it the letters get distorted. I can create a text word, make it a symbol and apply a tight kern, then do the same on another key frame and have a loose kern, but when I make the group of frames a motion tween, the kerning is the same on both pieces of text.
I've seen this effect on many sites.

Anyone clue me in on how to do it??

thanks,

jdr

[Pope de Flash]

There is two ways to do this, The hard way:
Break the text up and put each letter on its own layer and tween each letter individual. Or you could do it the easy way spend $30. USD on SWiSH which will get the job done in less than a minute. http://swishzone.com/ Regards, Bill

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[Josiah]

There is also another way to do it using shape tweening. Type your text in the first keyframe. Adjust it to a tight kern. Go ten frames down, and press F6. Adjust text to a wide kern. Now break apart the text in frame 10 and frame 1, and add a shape tween.
If in frame one, the letters aren't too close together, this will create the effect you're looking for without morphing the letters. Hope this helps.

Happy flashing.

[delwad]

Thanks guys,

I'll try your method Josiah (actually I was thinking on the same lines but hadn't done it yet). Or as you say Pope, go for the Swish.

jdr