Random Text
by Dave Potts
on
Jul 15, 2008 at 5:03:27 pm
Hi Cows,
I probably already know the answer to this, but I need to create a string of random text that settles on a specific letter after a second or two. You all know the effect I'm thinking of, it's pretty common, and I've gotten almost where I need to be editing a bunch of single point "matrix falls" particle emitters. The only problems with this approach are well, the fact that I have to create a separate emitter for each character if I want to bring them in at different times, and the fact that I can't select what letter the emitter stops on. I realize that without individual character animation abilities, C* isn't a very good tool for this, but does anyone know if there's a plug in out there that might give me a more elegant and controllable solution? I need to recreate the effect many times over for different lower thirds, and I'd hate to do all of them this way.
Thanks,
Dave Potts
Broadcast Communications
University of North Carolina @ Charlotte
Re: Random Text by warren BONES on Jul 16, 2008 at 2:13:57 am
There are some simple, stand-alone Flash tools that will do this. Not sure if you can export as a sequence or movie but you might get some joy from one of them. Names like Swish, if memories serves me correctly, were only about $25.
I'm a contractor for Autodesk at the moment but, unless otherwise stated, all opinions expressed here are my own.
