Re: FLASH: dynamic modify mask?

[Karin Christensen]

Matt, you are so helpful.  I hope MM pays you alot so you will stay.

Speaking of masks, I made a little Flash art piece which has several

layers of masking

and movie clip effects.  It is embedded in a sample page for a client

if you all want to take a look. I sort of like it.


http://www.cosmoaccess.net/~ivyacres/wagner/major.html


Karin


>

> I think that it's quite natural to expect Flash to preserve all of

the

> attributes of Movie Clips to mask content - from a design point of

view,

> this would be awesome! Unfortunately, high-level engineering issues

are

> probably what prevents us from creating this kind of mask in Flash.

The

> masks in Flash are essentially good for static pieces; making them

appear

> animated or "dynamic" would require trickier techniques, for which

I'd love

> to hear people's input on.




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