Moon, do you happen to know the web address where the tutorial was posted?  Or do you know the name of the tutorial writer?

timber,

That i was trying to figure out. I have no clue where it came from. it just stored in my files tags i made. Im hoping if anyone could remember it. Anyway, if you could have any idea what text animation? I have the water pump and the flowers. i could put all together if i could find the text animation.

I've never seen that tutorial before; it's cool animation.  I took the animation into AS to have a better look and tried a few animation effects, but I don't think it's an effect from AS.  It looks to me like maybe the eroded name was done with a filter, but I don't quite recognize it.

Maybe Judy will see this and have an idea.  You could also ask Dean, Craftykid, or Patricia about it because I know those girls have worked with animations before.  You'll have to ask them over at EFR.

I wish I could help because I love a good mystery, but I'm out of ideas.  If you discover the solution I'd love to hear what it is.