Shiny text effect

This Flash tutorial will teach you how to create a shiny text effect using layer masks.

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Exploding text effect
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Bouncing Text Effect
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Generating Your Text Effect
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Text Swipe Effect in Flash
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Creating Shining Text Effect in Flash
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Smoky blow text effect
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Alpha Text Effect
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Drop text effect
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Sliding text effect
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Gradient text effect
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Knockout Text Effect
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Custom Text Effect
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Simple blink text effect
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Special Text Effcet
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Fantastic Text Effect without writing any ActionScript
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The Flashtyper Panels
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Cloudy text effect
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Different Text Effects
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Shine Text Effect
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Text Transformation Effect
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Disappearing text effect
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Text effect - color changing
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Rough Text Effect
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Dynamic text effect
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Glowing Text Effect
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Blur Text Effect
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Shiny text effect

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