RE: FLASH: X-Ray Effect = How Did They Do That?

[Calin]

>>-----Original Message-----

>

>From: Gregg Caines [cainussprint [dot] ca (mailto:cainussprint [dot] ca)]

>>Except a draggable mask is only possible in

>>flash through some actionscripting.  I think

>>the common method is to create a draggable

>>movieclip that is stuck on the mouse pointer,

>>and then get the mask movieclip to follow it

>>via actionscript...


Is it possible to move a mask in any way (script or drag)? I couldn't do

that with actionscripting. I put a bitmap on a layer and then I created a

mask for that layer. The mask consisted in a movie clip (a rectangle in

fact, declared as an MC since MCs are the only symbols that can be

scripted), which I tried to move via actionscripting, but the bloody thing

wouldn't move at all. As soon as I unchecked the "mask" option, and the

rectangle MC was a mere symbol above my bitmap, I could move it anyway I

wanted. If any of you knows a way of moving objects that are used as masks

(apart from motion tweening), enlighten me too, please.


The only way I found to simulate the "x-ray" effect was to move the whole

movie clip (the one containing both the mask and the masked image), while

sliding the masked bitmap from underneath its mask, too. So now, when I move

the MC containing both the mask and the masked bitmap say 10 px to the

right, I move the masked bitmap 10 px in the opposite direction, to keep it

in its original place (above the car's image in lexus' case). BTW, how come

you can actionscript a masked object but not its mask?


Calin


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