I am dynamically loading an image which I am dynamically trying to mask.
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("clip1_mc", 1);
_root.clip1_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("photo_mc", 1);
_root.clip1_mc._x = x;
_root.clip1_mc._y = y;
_root.clip1_mc.photo_mc.loadMovie("pics/pic1.jpg");
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I'm back and having trouble masking a dynamically loaded image. For some reason I see both the mask and the image...
Here's my code:
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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
container.loadMovie("myImage.jpg");
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("square_mc", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
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maybe point me towards a better way to mask. png file is way too big. I have been using the mask layer option to create my own mask around a jpg image by drawing around it on the mask layer. There has to be a fetter and faster way to do this. Is it possible to maybe have a specific color range have an alpha value of 0. Similar to green screening whereas If I put the item I want to clip on a green background flash will auto take out the green for me. and by auto I mean action script maybe. I think this can be done but im not finding it.
how are these guys clipping these images [URL] they have the movie clips set up where the black background on the 3 layers of shoes is getting masked out. When I go into the shoe movie clips I see there is a black background but it just disappears when I go back to main timeline.
I'm loading external images in a flash animation, on slides, and these ones get a random rotation.My problem, the rotated images are looking bad and pixelised almost like if you were using bitmap text for dynamic text areas.
View 1 RepliesI'm creating a playlist for a music player, and I've got the song names displaying correctly in my songTitle holder MC, but there's limited space for the song names to be shown in, and I'm going to eventually have it inside a scrolling movieclip. Problem is, the text inside the textfields disappear when I try to add a mask to the movieclip they're being loaded into. I've tried adding all combos of embedFonts, antialias, and blendModes I ran into, to no avail.how to mask dynamically created textfields with a non-dynamic (Flash IDE-made) mask.
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for (var i:int = 1; i <= _size; i++) {
var pl_artist:TextField = new TextField;
//all embedFont = true and antiAlias commands no workie
}
first I had:
maskedImg = getChildByName("current") as MovieClip;
maskedImg.mask = mymask;
and everything worked properly. Then I removed the movieclip from the scene, exported it to Actionscript, and changed the code to
maskedImg = new mymovieclip();
addChild(maskedImg);
maskedImg.mask = mymask;
and now I don't see anything on the scene. If I comment out the line assigning the mask I can see the movieclip although. The mask is created dynamically in both cases.
I want to mask everything off what's not on the stage. No problem for movieclips that I have put on a layer. But what do I do concerning an external swf-file? This swf-file is brought into my project via URLRequest and stage.addChild. It works well. But how can I manage to masking it?
View 6 Repliesthis is my code I've been looking all over for an example of setting a mask using AS2I have a container MovieClip I create dynamically I've tried to attach a movieclip to the container then set mask before loading the swfI would like to know how to dynamically generate a mask or use a symbol from the library or stage if need be whatever works.This is my code.
var container:MovieClip = createEmptyMovieClip("container", 3);var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
mcLoader.addListener(this);mcLoader.loadClip("slideshow.swf", container);
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my issue is this, my users import an image with FileReference and I need to mask it and then send it to server.My problem is this: I'm be able do keep the filereference event and transfer the image data into my canvas. I'm be able to send to server the result of masking.But I'm NOT be able to mask the image that my users have load in my canvas.
View 2 RepliesI have a jpg that i load dynamicly into my swfwhen i try to set a mask to it doesnt work??[AS]mymovieclip.setMask(mymask);[/AS]
View 5 RepliesI have created a custom 3d wall gallery and I would like to mask it to give it right and left fades. I have posted the code that places the images on the stage but for the life of me I cannot mask it. Themc in the library mask_mc already has the correct gradient so now how do I add it to the top of the dynamic gallery?
Code:
private function viewCarousel():void {
viewport = new Viewport3D(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight, false, true);
addChild(viewport);[code]......
I'm using UILoader to load SWF files which I have no source for. These SWF files were created in AS2. They use masks. Width and height return unmasked values.
I'm trying to find the visible width and height of the clip so I can scale it properly.
For example I want a SWF to fit within a 50x50 space. The visible SWF is 65x65 (but I don't know this) and the unmasked size is 100x100. If I set the width and height of the loaded movieclip to 50x50, Flash scales the clip based on the unmasked portion, and I get a clip scaled much too small. Keep in mind I have no control of the SWF content, so I can not override width/height, or get mask size.
I have a jpg that I load dynamically into my swf. When I try to set a mask to it doesn't work?
[AS]mymovieclip.setMask(mymask);[/AS]
i am facing a problem with dynamic text and mask,when i use a dynamic text and i am trying to mask the text area it's not showing in swf
View 7 RepliesI'm wondering if I can use a image as a mask. For example, a shape of a dog as a mask. I want to achieve that load in the mask as a jpg or png from disk and apply it to a image. I tried it doesn't work. I don't know if there is something I did wrong.
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I recently tried using a png image from the library as a mask for a movieclip on stage. Much to my surprise, the mask is just a rectangle. I expected it to ignore the 0-alpha pixels in the image and just mask out the visible shape. I managed to come up with a work around, but I just wanted to know if it was possible to use a png image as a mask and get the shape of the visible image as the mask as opposed to the whole, rectangular image area. I totally thought it was.
View 5 RepliesI searched for a solution everywhere but cant seem to find one. I found the tutorial below on creating a dynamic mask that basically draws a mask over an image. I am basically trying to replicate the exact same effect only i need it inverted. I want to basically erase the image. Have the image there then with the mouse cursor erase the image.
I guess i would normally do this using blending modes or an actual mask on the timeline using layer but in this case the mask is drawn dynamically so im not sure the best approach. To make things easier to understand what I am trying to achieve is the effect of cutting a piece of paper using scissors and have the paper "erase" as i hover over the paper using an attached movieclip of scissors. I have everything working except the "erasing" of the paper.
i have a dynamic text block which is inside a movie clip, is i grouped with other elements.This movie clip sits behind a mask. when i am in the movie clip i can see the text field, when i am on the root level (and the mask is disabled) i can see the text, but when i preview the movie the text IS GONE or I CAN'T SEE IT.
View 1 RepliesI am wanting to create a dynamic mask for the transition in the Kirupa XML Slideshow tutorial. Instead of having a fade in, i would like to have an effect like the one here for the image transition.
View 1 Repliesi'm using this dynamic mask, originally coded by the canadian in an old thread, and i'm trying to get it to work in reverse (start with a full image and end with blank).
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Hello Flash World, Ok, I may have posted this question before but I am still confused. I have a Master Movie Clip that has a Mask over it. By having that mask I can't view my dynamic text box that is scrollable. How do I embed a font so I can view my dynamic text box? (Im using AS2) attach is a file that explains my problem.
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to set a mask on a mc containing dynamic text. But, the only thing that are visible, are graphics, not text.
When i remove the mask, the text comes back.
i heard that i have to embed my fonts for that, but how can i do it?
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong or don't know enough about masking to accomplish? Basically, I have a Sprite that serves as a mask. That sprite is populated with several small squares with tweens on them (using TweenLite).
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This is my guess. Since each individual box is technically not on the display list, it is never rendered.Perhaps only once when you call the "container.addChild(box);" but other than that, it only displays it's old cache of the last render.
i have a dynamic text block which is inside a movie clip, is i grouped with other elements. This movie clip sits behind a mask. when i am in the movie clip i can see the text field, when i am on the root level (and the mask is disabled) i can see the text, but when i preview the movie the text IS GONE or I CAN'T SEE IT.
View 1 RepliesI've been trying to dynamically change some text for a titlebar that is behind a mask
However, I find that when I change the text of the dynamic text field (whose containing movieclip is masked by a graphic), the text no longer appears at all.
When i remove the masking, the text changes properly when asked, but when it it masked, the text does not show at all.
I have imported to the library two images and have given them the custom class names MaskImage and MaskedImage.[code]...
View 1 RepliesI have this image over which i have a circular crop. The user can move the underlying image and when he is ok with the result hits the crop button. How can i crop only that part of the image which is under the mask?
View 1 RepliesI want to use a b/w image as a preloader and as the content loads, the image gets colored the same percent. Just like a regular preloaderbar, just that the counter is the color.
View 1 RepliesI've been playing around with the gallery in this tutorial.[url]...
I was wonderig though, if anyone knows a way to create a mask transition between each loaded image. I fiddled around with it a bit, but can't seem to come up with anything, and I was wondering if it was even possible?
Any one know,how to mask a dynamic text field
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