Jerky text animations

Whenever I do a text animation (motion tween, usually moving
or scaling text from 80% to 100%, for example) the motion is very
jerky, not smooth like I often see. I use Flash 8, 20 fps, and the
problem is the same on all fonts I've tried. Is there something I'm
missing?

bubba61 wrote:
> Whenever I do a text animation (motion tween, usually
moving or scaling text
> from 80% to 100%, for example) the motion is very jerky,
not smooth like I
> often see. I use Flash 8, 20 fps, and the problem is the
same on all fonts I've
> tried. Is there something I'm missing?
Text animation will almost always be jerky, unless you twin a
single word.
Flash needs to render all the little curves, a sentence made
of many characters
can become quite a complex bunch of curves to move around.
Sometimes breaking apart will help, also increasing frame
rate to 31.
Best Regards
Urami
<urami>
If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
</urami>

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