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Subject: Re: FLASH: draggable mask layers.
From: Jefferis Peterson
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 05:02:39 +0100

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
>

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Jefferis Kent Peterson
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Flash, Web Design and Marketing
jefferisatpetersonsales [dot] net

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