Creating a "Write On" effect in Corona

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#1

Hi Everyone,

I’m relatively new to Corona. I’m currently developing an app and was hoping to use a “write on” effect to give the impression that something is being handwritten. I was just wondering if anyone had seen this done in Corona or had any thoughts about how it might be done.

Thanks

Greg [import]uid: 155891 topic_id: 30287 reply_id: 330287[/import]

#2

Hello,
you can create the animation in an animation package like after effects and use imagesheets to create the animation.
Corona does not support keyframe animation, so another option is to basically create a spline by hand and have you animation follow that.
You could plot out every single coordinate you need for the path and have your animation follow that path. But learning Objective C and doing it in that is probably quicker than the last method. Corona is not good at custom animation.

So unless you need to dynamically change the text depending on user input, I would go for the imageSheet option. [import]uid: 100901 topic_id: 30287 reply_id: 121346[/import]

#3

Hi Juf Jannie

Thanks a million for your reply. That was a really helpful answerl. I was thinking i would have to animate it in after effects. I really appreciate your help.

Greg [import]uid: 155891 topic_id: 30287 reply_id: 121473[/import]

#4

Hello,
you can create the animation in an animation package like after effects and use imagesheets to create the animation.
Corona does not support keyframe animation, so another option is to basically create a spline by hand and have you animation follow that.
You could plot out every single coordinate you need for the path and have your animation follow that path. But learning Objective C and doing it in that is probably quicker than the last method. Corona is not good at custom animation.

So unless you need to dynamically change the text depending on user input, I would go for the imageSheet option. [import]uid: 100901 topic_id: 30287 reply_id: 121346[/import]

#5

Hi Juf Jannie

Thanks a million for your reply. That was a really helpful answerl. I was thinking i would have to animate it in after effects. I really appreciate your help.

Greg [import]uid: 155891 topic_id: 30287 reply_id: 121473[/import]