is there a way to add this animation without 38 frames?

the way i did it it has 38 images. anyone have a tutorial on how to do text animations easily?

i use photoshop cs3 extended

no.
you need each layer for each letter

are there effects built into photoshop like fades/sweep effects?

ty for clearing that up im just starting gif animations

someone link a good tutorial site for text nimations?

Try making the words that are being written down more gray, so they look like a pencil or whatever. Since that's what looks like was used on the drawing.

thats what i did originally. he wanted black

Ah