heello, welcome to fresh face flash tutorial page. my name is suresh kumar. now i explain the text effect in flash8.0 by step by step. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- step 1: ------- 1.open flash 8.0 or adobe flash cs3 2.then select "file->new" step 2: ------- 1.select "text tool" in tool bar or press "t". 2.place it in workspace that is white space and type "Welcome" step 3: ------- 1.select the text by using selection tool. 2.then press "ctrl+b" to break the each letters. 3.next press "ctrl+shift+d" for separate each letter in each layer. now seven layers are created in respective name W,e,l,c,o,m and m. step 4: ------- 1.select 5th frame in 'W' layer for insert keyframe. press F6 for insert a key frame. 2.select 6th frame in the same layer then insert keyframe (press F6) 3.select 10th frame in the same layer then insert keyframe (press F6) step 5: ------- 1.select first frame in 'W' layer. then change the y-axis (move the object above some distance, not to change the x-position). 2.then right click the first frame a drop down menu will appear. in the menu select create tween motion. 3.and change the color to alpha as '0%' in the properties window. step 6: ------- 1.select 6th frame in the same layer. then move the object two or three step above. and right click to create tween motion. step 7: ------- 1.we do the same operations of step 4,5 and 6 to all layers. step 8: ------- 1.select 1st frame in 'e' layer and press shift + click 10th frame in the same layer(simply select the 1st frame to 10th frame in the layer). 2.and move it to 6th frame. step 9: ------- 1.we do the same to all layer. make each as steps. like, 0---0---0 0---0---0 0---0---0 step 10: -------- 1.set keyframe in 45th frame in each layer(press F5 in 45th frame in each layer). 2.save it "file->save" 3.finaly press ctrl+enter for run the movie.