thank  you  very  much.thats  i  mean  it

On reflection, you don't need KFA. Just prepare each frame and place them all on the timeline. I haven't tried it but I'd  guess 12 frames per second should give a smooth enough display. You may then need to speed up the result to make it realistic.

But I imagine there's software around that will simply simulate handwriting from a user's text input?

Terry, East Grinstead, UK 

Hi

Have you looked at all the animated titles available on the Title tab - as shown below?

John

vasilisnik,

If you try Terry's idea of making single frames, I'd suggest mounting a camera absolutely firmly in front of a large sheet of paper on which you have draw the template for your writing in VERY light pencil. Then, using say a reasonably broad tip felt marker, make a single dot at the start - take pic#1, add a dot - take pic#2 until done (or crazy! :-).

Assuming your camera numbers images sequentially, you should be able to import the lot by selecting all, having set the default still image length to say 2 frames. You might need to adjust the brightness or contrast a bit if the pencil guideline is at all visible.

Further, I'd export the lot as a short clip and then use it in your production rather than hundreds of images. You can get a lot of variation using color substitution and multiple layers with 'white box' etc:

ALTERNATE IDEA: Set up MEP for screen capture (if your version supports it) and do a clip of your dong the writing in any paint type program. There are options for not recording mouse pointer etc.

Regards,

Carl