Re: FLASH: draggable mask layers.

[Jefferis Peterson]

Hi Matt,  


Okay, so here's my problem: 


I want to open and close vertical blinds like shutters that act as a mask

for the lower layer. I turned it into an MC because each of the slats of

the  blinds is or has to be a separate symbol.  You can't tween more than

one symbol on a layer without encountering odd effects...  


I can't think of another way of creating the mask or the combined symbol

on one layer, so I wanted to use the MC as a mask, which doesn't work. 

Any ideas? 

>

>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

>


-- 

Jefferis Kent Peterson

www.PetersonSales.net

Flash, Web Design and Marketing

jefferispetersonsales [dot] net

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