Break everything into smaller parts. If you got the text animating the way you wan't then all you need to do is map the movie to a 3d plane and play with the camera. Think about how you can break each element of the effect into pieces.

I dont want the 3d camera thing , i was just talking about the actual write on effect.

i just posted the video so that people that dont know the effect could see it.


Any tips on the write on effect ? is there any sketch that does this ?

thanx !



Noise is king

protip: the java docs are amazing.
So i did a lot of reading in the java docs and managed to make this from what i could find:

1. import java.awt.*;
   import java.awt.font.*;
   import java.awt.geom.*;
   PFont font;
   float lastx ;
   float lasty ;
   float[] coords = {0,0,0,0,0,0};
   PathIterator pi;
   String test;
   void setup(){
     size(1000,200);
     background(255);
     test = "Type Something: ";
     font = createFont("Arial",40);
     GlyphVector v = font.getFont().createGlyphVector(new FontRenderContext(font.getFont().getTransform(),true,false),test);
     Shape s = v.getGlyphOutline(0);
     pi = s.getPathIterator(font.getFont().getTransform());
     pi.currentSegment(coords);
     lastx = coords[0];
     lasty = coords[1];
     pi.next();
     smooth();
   }
   int k;
   void draw(){
     translate(0,100);
     if(!pi.isDone()){
       if(pi.currentSegment(coords)!= pi.SEG_MOVETO){
         line(coords[0],coords[1],lastx,lasty);
       }
       lastx = coords[0];
       lasty = coords[1];
       pi.next();
     }
     else if( k < test.length()){
       GlyphVector v = font.getFont().createGlyphVector(new FontRenderContext(font.getFont().getTransform(),true,false),test);
       Shape s = v.getGlyphOutline(k++);
       pi = s.getPathIterator(font.getFont().getTransform());
       pi.currentSegment(coords);
       lastx = coords[0];
       lasty = coords[1];
       pi.next();
     }
   }
   void keyTyped(){
     test += key;
   }

you have to figure out how to use it for yourself :) also this is clearly not finished but it should be a start.
Things to read in order to understand this:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/font/GlyphVector.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Shape.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/geom/PathIterator.html

If you are really want to make the program that you are describing you should seriously read all of that otherwise it's a lost
cause.

On a unrelated note, there seems to be something wrong with your enter key... All of your posts that i have seen have like 3 lines of text with like 2-7 line breaks between them...