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johnm757
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March 12, 2019
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Animate CC Font Blurry? What happened to anti-alias for animation?

  • March 12, 2019
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When I did animations in Flash, if I selected "anti-alias for animation", my fonts would come out nice and crisp and clear.

Now that I am having to use Animate CC, that option is now greyed out and my fonts are now less crisp.

The two Animate books I have of course make no mention of this problem nor how to ensure clear text.

Whenever I google anything about Animate, I get lots of posts from like 10 years ago or that talk about AS2 

Any suggestions?

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    Correct answer GoryGreg

    Hi,

    two tips to try.

    Place a text box on whole pixels in the Properties panel e.g. if the x is on 5.1 and y is on 6.7 for your text box, then change these so the x to be 5 and the y to be 7.

    Also, you could try dynamic text for crisp text.

    Cheers.

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    JoãoCésar17023019
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    JoãoCésar17023019Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 12, 2019

    Hi.

    You're probably using an HTML5 Canvas document.

    This kind of document doesn't have anti-alias options.

    You can use an AS3 document but of course it depends upon the kind of output you're targeting.

    Please let us know.

    Regads,

    JC

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    johnm757Author
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    March 12, 2019

    Yes, I am using HTML5 Canvas.

    With .swf/flash's impending death, we have been told to no longer use it.

    Thanks for letting me know that anti-alias is definitely not an option.

    Is there something similar?

    If I use an animate animation on a web based training page in place of a flash, the clarity of the font between the animation and the page it is on is noticeable.

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    GoryGregCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    March 12, 2019

    Hi,

    two tips to try.

    Place a text box on whole pixels in the Properties panel e.g. if the x is on 5.1 and y is on 6.7 for your text box, then change these so the x to be 5 and the y to be 7.

    Also, you could try dynamic text for crisp text.

    Cheers.

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