writing animation. Options

[boobooxpp]

how do you make an animation as if you were actually writing...not just letters popping up one at a time...like actual writing with the lines slowly forming letters...is that confusing? sorry if it is ><

[talcumpowder]

You'd have to actually be writing the words and it'd probably have to be a video. That'sthe only way I can think to do that.... This is more... Webdesign.
-> Moved to Webdesign.

[technicolour]

That would take like 1983483153 layers, but If you really wanted to do it..I can think of an idea.

What program are you running with?

[boobooxpp]

i have adobe photoshop + imageready (which that's where the animation usually takes place). i knew that if i did it layer by layer, it'll take a MILLION layers...but i've seen ads that had a pen writing on a paper which i thought..hey...i wanna do that too! gah...i hope there's a way ><

[talcumpowder]

..... Like I said, tape yourself writing. Then from there... Convert to an animation. Unless Imageready cannot handle video inut... Which would be kinda stupid since Elements 3.o does.
Or you could use flash... =S That's be kinda hard though...

[SPECiiAL]

oh i seen the tutorial for this beforree. lemme go look


EDIT// http://www.good-tutorials.com/track/9196

[boobooxpp]

OMG YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!
thank you thank you :)
thank you all for pitching in a few ideas too!! GAHH! *happy :)

[edit] gah...it's too complicated >< but still, thanks! :)