reflection effect?

[iluvAS]

i made a text flipped a copy of it and pasted the below. but ive no idea how to fade it off to make a reflectish effect =(

[Magical-Arts]

Your pretty much there but you have 2 things destroying the effect, first is the background, since it's just flat it makes it look like the text is on a wall, makeing the reflection unmotivated. The secound thing is that you have a white background on the reflection text (which is visible because of the background). The effect would work better with a plain white background I think.

[JordanD]

At 6/9/10 09:23 AM, Magical-Arts wrote: Your pretty much there but you have 2 things destroying the effect, first is the background, since it's just flat it makes it look like the text is on a wall, makeing the reflection unmotivated. The secound thing is that you have a white background on the reflection text (which is visible because of the background). The effect would work better with a plain white background I think.

I think what he's saying is that he made that in photoshop but doesn't know how to do it in flash? maybe?

I have no idea, BUT if that IS what you're saying:

Just break apart the text and apply a vertical linear gradient from plain grey/black/whatever fill to the same fill but with Alpha at zero.

[JordanD]

At 6/9/10 01:22 AM, iluvAS wrote: i made a text flipped a copy of it and pasted the below. but ive no idea how to fade it off to make a reflectish effect =(

OH, yeah okay nevermind i see what you're getting at.

As magical arts said, remove the white around the letters and stop the background once it hits the "ground" OR apply the same effect to the background with the reflection

[iluvAS]

=(( the thing is that the "reflection" below it is actually the exact text written in flash. i jus flipped it over and paste a rectangle box with a gradient white 100% to white 0%. this method only works for plain backgrounds. and what i wanna noe is how do i do that effect with a background that is not plain.

help plz

[Magical-Arts]

At 6/10/10 08:59 AM, iluvAS wrote: =(( the thing is that the "reflection" below it is actually the exact text written in flash. i jus flipped it over and paste a rectangle box with a gradient white 100% to white 0%. this method only works for plain backgrounds. and what i wanna noe is how do i do that effect with a background that is not plain.

Use a mask for the gradient.

[Damien]

At 6/10/10 09:32 AM, Magical-Arts wrote:

At 6/10/10 08:59 AM, iluvAS wrote: =(( the thing is that the "reflection" below it is actually the exact text written in flash. i jus flipped it over and paste a rectangle box with a gradient white 100% to white 0%. this method only works for plain backgrounds. and what i wanna noe is how do i do that effect with a background that is not plain.

Use a mask for the gradient.

Actually, I always thought that as well when I first started animating, but gradients don't fall through in a mask....Masking just takes the shape, not the filling...Or something

[Damien]

Also...It works fine with me?

I have no issues with this stuff for some reason...Well...It's not 100%...But hey..Whatyawant...it's Flash...Not a design software.
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