We present three new text transition effects. Text becomes broken and fuzzy, then collapses back to form a new line. Simple variation of parameters produces many different effects. The effects are created by drawing text to a bitmap, then using the copyPixels() method of the BitmapData class along with some randomization to redraw small rectangles of the bitmaps in a cleverly transitioning way. This technique can easily be applied to images. Source code available for download.

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