Step 1
Open a new file. Change the name of Layer 1 to text. Click on the Add Layer
icon or alternatively you can click on Insert - Layer. This adds a new layer
just above the first layer.
Add another layer to the movie. Name the top layer downward motion and the middle
layer upward motion. You should now have three layers in your file named (from
top to bottom) downward motion, upward motion and text.
Step 2
Hightlight the first frame of text layer and using the text tool
insert some text in the frame. Convert this text to a symbol (Select the text
by clicking on it once, then select Insert>Convert to Symbol). Name this
symbol mytext and make sure that the Behavior is set to Graphic. Align this
symbol to the center of the page.Open the Symbol Library (Window - Library).
You shall find the mytext symbol in the listing. Click on its name in the library
to display a thumbnail view of the symbol.
Step 3
The first frame of the text layer is a KeyFrame. Right click in Frame 18 and
Insert>KeyFrame. This copies the text across the remainder of the 17 frames.
Step 4
Hightlight the first frame of upward motion layer, and drag an instance of mytext
symbol from the library onto the stage. Align this to the center of the page.
In the same layer, add a new keyframe on frame 18 and shift the symbol slightly
above the original location. We shall now modify this symbol instance. Click
on Modify - Instance, choose Alpha from the Color Effect drop down menu and
decrease the alpha value to 0%. Insert a motion tween between the first and
last frames. (Right-clicking on any middle frame and selecting Insert Motion
Tween from the menu will insert the motion tween).
Now place an instance of mytext symbol on the first frame of layer downward
motion and center it on the stage. Insert a new keyframe on frame 18. Place
this symbol slightly below the symbol in frame 1. Change the alpha value of
this instance and decrease it to 0% through Modify - Instance - Color Effect
- Alpha. Insert a motion tween between the first and the last frames.
With eveything done, your layers should look like:
insert some text in the frame. Convert this text to a symbol (Select the text
by clicking on it once, then select Insert>Convert to Symbol). Name this
symbol mytext and make sure that the Behavior is set to Graphic. Align this
symbol to the center of the page.Open the Symbol Library (Window - Library).
You shall find the mytext symbol in the listing. Click on its name in the library
to display a thumbnail view of the symbol.