Take the 2-minute tour ×  I want to draw an animated signature.
The way that I draw it it's to cover it manually with a mask
layer and keyframe each frame.  There is a more efficient way?
share|improve this question add comment  4 Answers  up vote 3
down vote accepted  2 (quicker) options:    1.
http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2009/02/10/flash-extension-
motionsketch/   2. http://anipedia.thebackalleys.com/index.php/F
lash_extensions#Animation_Pencil  (update) Also, I haven't tried
this yet, but it might be worth a go: http://durej.com/?p=23
share|improve this answer @Magnetic_dud In addition to Justin's
great tools and suggestions, I'd like to add few tiny extra
techniques from a somewhat related post –  George Profenza Apr
18 '12 at 22:23 add comment  erasing pieces looks the easiest.
Draw the signature, then add keyframe, delete a piece, add
frame, delete a piece... and so on then when there is no pieces
to draw select all keyframes and reverse them (Right-click >
Reverse Frames)  share|improve this answe