Re: FLASH: Masking over guide motion

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 09:39 AM 10/28/1999 , you wrote:

>Hi all,

>

>Can someone explain to me why masking doesn't work over motion guide or 

>what steps am I missing?

>In first layer I have a text, in second one I created a guide motion. Now 

>when I create mask for text layer, guide layer is masked and motion goes 

>in straight line instead of following the guide I created.



Should work. Make sure the layers haven't changed attributes -- that is, 

the motion guide is still set as a motion guide, the mask layer is set as a 

mask, and the text layer is set as masked. If the motion never worked, be 

sure the text is a symbol and is locked to the motion guide at the 

beginning and end key frames for the tween.


If none of this helps, let us know what version you're in (3 or 4) and 

consider zipping the .fla and putting it on a server somewhere that we can 

grab it from.




Marc Hoffman

marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com)

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