"Bulged" or Fish-Eye Text

[Iphone27090081r78j]

Hello!

I was wondering if it was possible to apply a Fish-Eye or "Bulge" effect to Text, or at least a Symbol, in Animate.

I'm doing this to create a CRT-like screen for a project I'm working on. Find attatched an image to better describe the sort of effect I'm after. Thanks!

[kglad]

i've done this with as3.  what is your project using?

[Iphone27090081r78j]

Version 3.0.

[kglad]

what's version 3?

[Iphone27090081r78j]

"ActionScript 3.0 (Recommended)".

[Iphone27090081r78j]

"ActionScript 3.0 (Recommended)".

[kglad]

sorry, can't find my project.  i know it use the displacement map filter and was done all with code.

i'd recommend googling it.

[_keyframer]

I'll assume you want it animated? Timeline animation or using actionScript like Kglad mentioned?

[Iphone27090081r78j]

I'm more familiar with Timeline.

[_keyframer]

A few more questions. See attached short video. Can your text be broken apart until vectors? Are you okay with frame-by-frame animation?
Another way (in the screenshot PNG) is to simply scale each letter differently to fake the "bulging". This way can be tweened with easing but merely implies Perspective.

[Iphone27090081r78j]

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

[_keyframer]

I'll try and do a screen recording of the process tomorrow (late here). Stay tuned.

[_keyframer]

Hope this video helps...

[kglad]

here's a sample of what you can do with the displacementmapfilter.

https://www.kglad.com/Files/forums/displacementmapfilter.mp4

p.s. you can't do anything with meaningful interactivity with timeline animation. ie, the user is not going to be able to drag the lens.

[_keyframer]

That's cool!

[kglad]

i remember being amazed at what the displacementmapfilter could do and the quality and performance are actually better than it appears in the mp4.

[Nick Gioia]

I have never heard of this. But way cool!

[kglad]

it is very cool, but it's a struggle to get it to work in an intuitive way.