pencil scratching

[15-yr-old]

k heres my problem...

im trying to make the OVER of my buttons as if a PENCIL is scraching the button (which is simple text).... how do i do that... u know how we scratch somethin out on the paper.. EXACTLY LIKE THAT..... u can give me links... or maybe make an .fla to help me... please... and thanks

[The_e-Tahn]

hmm you mean "sketching"?
here's what I'd do:

on your Down state, just have your plain down state. on the "over" state, make a new symbol of a movie. in this movie have like a pencil symbol going over a motion path sketching out a picture, and have the picture make itself draw itself or something... frame by frame animation would work well in this case. then, on the down state have whatever you want. just be sure to put the movie symbol thingee in the Over state, and it should work!
hope this helped!

[15-yr-old]

no e_tahn... i want the pencil to SCRATCH OUT THE BUTTON... like its a WRONG TEXT ....

[piboy_2003]

here i go,
1. make a new layer in the button
2. on the second layer in the over section, scribble over the button
3. on the same layer and section, make 5 or 10 or how many u want consecutive keyframes.
4. on the first of the scribbled keyframes, use the eraser to erase a small amount of the scribble at its beginning or end, on the second keyframe, erase a little more than the first. Repeat this until the last frame is completely erased.
5. select all of the keyframes and rightclick, reverse.

I hope i explained it right. If you have problems, i think there is a tutorial that has something to do with lasers. It uses the same concept. Good Luck!

[The_e-Tahn]

aaah or you could also use a mask in that case, probably...

[15-yr-old]

Originally posted by piboy_2003
here i go,
1. make a new layer in the button
2. on the second layer in the over section, scribble over the button
3. on the same layer and section, make 5 or 10 or how many u want consecutive keyframes.
4. on the first of the scribbled keyframes, use the eraser to erase a small amount of the scribble at its beginning or end, on the second keyframe, erase a little more than the first. Repeat this until the last frame is completely erased.
5. select all of the keyframes and rightclick, reverse.

I hope i explained it right. If you have problems, i think there is a tutorial that has something to do with lasers. It uses the same concept. Good Luck!

HOW CAN U ADD MORE FRAMES IN THE OVER SECTION OF THE BUTTON?...

and is there a way that can hav the transition much more smoother... tat actually looks like someone scratching out the button from a pencil....

[justice strike]

make a movieclip of a button that's being scratch out and use the movieclipsymbol as the overstate of the button you want to make

[15-yr-old]

Originally posted by justice strike
make a movieclip of a button that's being scratch out and use the movieclipsymbol as the overstate of the button you want to make

i can do that... but the question is how to make a movie clip that can scratch the button like real... like u r actually cutting it out wid smooth transition .... like first a like goes from left to right then right to left then left to right .... lookin as if it is scratchin the button

[justice strike]

use a wacom table, scratch and mask it :P

[15-yr-old]

Originally posted by justice strike
use a wacom table, scratch and mask it :P

WAT's WACOM TABLE?????

[15-yr-old]

Originally posted by justice strike
use a wacom table, scratch and mask it :P