Re: FLASH: Window FX

[Laura Mollett]

Heyya again Marcus,


Here's a little info on dragable masks and workarounds, and a couple of

places where there's tutorials. All taken totally out of context, so don't

blame the original poster for anything... I suspect most of this is probably

already on sockman.

hth,

Laura


> http://stickman.flashzone.com/tutorials/

> Ester Jimenez


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> A drag and drop movie clip will not work in a Mask layer, so you need to

> do a work around.

>

> You need to put the Drag button, Mask and masked layer all in the same

> Drag and Drop Movie Clip. The masked layer needs to be a movie clip.

> Then you need to track the X and Y positions of the main drag movie

> clip. Then apply the opposite of those changes to the Masked layer MC.

> The movement will be a little jerky because the Masked layer MC will

> always be moved in the opposite direction to catch up with its parent

> MC.

>

John Croteau croteauerols [dot] com (mailto:croteauerols [dot] com)

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> I would check out this TechNote first:

> http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/mcmask.htm

> See if this helps.

> -Matt


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> No, unfortunately you can't drag a mask.  But Flashkit

> http://www.flashkit.com has several good examples showing how you can

> fake it.

>

> Karin Christensen


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[This is another javascript one, but thought you might like to see it]

> http://www.nationalgeographic.com/congotrek/


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> We've done a similar effect at www.patrickflaherty.co.uk (on the "How to

> find us" page).

>

> The effect uses a movie clip which is set to drag automatically when you

> reach the frame.  We then have a mask that moves around and the masked item

> is a larger version of the street map - this could be any flash content

> though, such as a movie clip or a larger map with clickable items on it like

> in this example.

>

> We've used a magnifying glass approach in this case, but it would be

> straightforward to use a "box" like the one in this site - as this would

> only be a symbol if defined in flash, it would be easy to add in buttons and

> other cool elements.

>

> You can find a basic example of a magnifying glass at www.flashkit.com

>

> Regards,

> Guy.


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