Re: FLASH: draggable mask layers.

[Matt Wobensmith]

Hi Jeff -


You wrote:


>I fail to see how this works or is a good surprise. It seems to indicate

>that you can use an MC as a mask if you don't designate the layer as a

>mask layer but set the property of the MC as a Mask.  However, I found no

>way to designate the MC instance as a mask, although I could set the MC's

>visibility. But  I don't want an alpha fade, I want a moving mask. 




The essence of this is that movie clips in mask layers lose interactivity

associated with movie clips - they're converted to graphic symbols on

export.


A "moving mask" is possible, as you can tween a symbol on a mask layer.


However, a dynamic mask (a movie clip controlled via ActionScript) would

have to be emulated by a design technique.


Matt



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Matt Wobensmith

Macromedia


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