1. Flash Raining Text

2. Open Project Create Project – Action Script 3 Select Text Tool Type in some text – From the Properties Menu – Choose Font, Font Size, Color, Letter Spacing

3. Step 2 Turn the TEXT into a Movie Symbol Select Text with the Selection Tool Press F8 and select Movie Clip – Click OK Double-click the text and open the Movie Clip

4. Step 3 – Break Apart Press Ctrl + B to break apart the letters Right-click on the letters and select Distribute to Layers (notice each letter is on it’s own layer)

5. Step 4 Motion Tween Go out about 20 frames and select all the blank frames. (Click top frame –hold shift key and select last frame) With the frames selected, press F6 and fill the column with keyframes Select all the frames in Frame 1 column again. Now click the Selection Tool – Move the text up using the Up Arrow Key on the Keyboard

6. Step 4 Motion Tween Continued Select all the frames down the middle Right-click and select Create Classic Tween Motion Tween is working when it is BLUE Press Ctrl +Enter to view your work Change the Rotation and the Ease

7. Step 5 Stagger the Animation Click the second layer Click on the layer itself selects all the frames on that layer Drag the whole of frames over 5 spaces. Repeat the above process for all layers – Increasing the distance you drag the frames each time, until you have all the layers spaced out like stairs. Press Ctrl + Enter to view your work

8. Step 6 But Wait How do you keep the letters from disappearing after they’ve fallen? Go out to the furthest frame and select the line of frames at the end of the animation Then press the F5 and see how all the frames fill up. Press Ctrl + Enter to view your work