Customized circular text with different motion styles.

Displaying area

Text will be displayed at perimeter of the circle with center at Halo X, Y (defined in percent from window dimensions, so X=50 and Y=50 means center of the page). Circle width and height defined by Halo width/height values (in percents as well). Displaying area automatically adjusted to window dimensions so effect is safe for resizing and changing screen resolution.

Displaying text

Text string is displayed around part of a perimeter. Variables Text from/to determine how much of the perimeter to occupy by the text (in percent). For example with 50% setting text will be displayed as an ark. Values greater than 100 acceptable too, for such values text will warp circle more than once. For example, for 200% setting text will warp circle twice. Text speed will determine how fast warping will be changed from minimum (Text from) to maximum (Text to) value and back. So speed defined in percents per frame. Halo speed determine on how much angles whole circle (with text) will rotate each frame. Halo speed can be zero, positive or negative. By combining different text warp and speed settings its possible to produce wide range of circular movements.

Effect delay

The delay variable will set the delay in the effect engine (in milliseconds). You can lower it to produce smoother animation, however try to keep it reasonable high to consume low CPU power.

Limited Compatibility

Note that this effect has limited compatibility! The effect works on the following browsers:

Internet Explorer 4
Internet Explorer 5
Internet Explorer 5.5 (or later)
Opera 5.12 (or later)
Netscape 4.5
Netscape 6 (or later)

Other settings

There are other settings that are discussed on the following topics from the Advanced Effect Maker documentation:

Working With Text Fields
Working With File Fields And File Lists
Working With Color Buttons
JavaScript Effect Compatibility
Working with fonts
Working With Time Delays and Pauses

Aleksey Udovydchenko