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Subject: Re: FLASH: Masking over guide motion
From: Christopher Kloczko
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 01:11:26 +0100

Thanks Marc.

Thanks to you I finally got it working without going nuts. (I was close
thou)
Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media <mailatdartfrogmedia [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: FLASH: Masking over guide motion


> At 11:56 AM 10/28/1999 , you wrote:
> >Thanks Marc!
> >
> >I'm using Flash 4 and I think that my problem is with the layer
attributes.
> >I will list the layers from top to bottom:
> >Before masking, the text layer is set to normal, guide layer is set to
guide
> >and motion layer is set to guided. After I mask, the text layer is set to
> >mask, guide layer is set to masked and motion layer is set to normal.(It
> >even doesn't sound right!!!)
> >
> >The whole thing works perfectly fine without the guide, just with regular
> >motion tween.
> >
> >Any ideas?
>
>
> Yes -- fix it (sorry, couldn't resist). That is, right-click on the layers
> and reset the attributes; the labels are logical and you're right, it's
not
> correct now (Flash4 sometimes changes them without asking). Mask layer
> should be set to mask. Text layer should be set to Masked. Motion Guide
> should be set to Motion Guide (not "Guide" or anything else).
>
> This will solve your problem. I had a similar problem that drove me nuts,
> 'cause I never expected Flash to reset the layer attributes. This is
> something you need to check after adding a mask layer or moving things
around.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
> Marc Hoffman
>
> marcatdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcatdartfrogmedia [dot] com).
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