ActionScript 3.0 :: How To Animate Mask In Runtime
Mar 14, 2011
Trying to animate a mask in runtime:
Code:
var _mask = new Sprite();
_mask.graphics.beginFill(0x000000);
_mask.graphics.drawRect(0,0,mc.width,mc.height);
_mask.graphics.endFill();
mc.mask = _mask;
var timer:Timer = new Timer(100);
var foo:Function = function (e:TimerEvent) {
_mask.x += 1;
if (_mask.x > mc.width) timer.stop();
} timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, foo);
timer.start();
Nothing happens... FYI I tried with Tween too but the same result. I know that mask only works when the associated displayobject is on the display list. Can it be something with that? If I set the x of _mask staticly (no animation) it works.
I am trying to saturate a flash animation from left to right with a blurred wipe. I am attempting to do this by creating duplicate movie clips, with one of the movie clips having a filter to completely desaturate the color. I am hiding the saturated movie clip with a mask (basic rectangle) that I am animating to move out of the way revealing the "color". I would like my desired effect to "fade" in by adding a horizontal "x" blur to the mask. I have been successful at wiping in the saturation, but Flash seems to be ignoring the blur on the mask I have created.
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I am trying to animate a mask over a sound meter according to the activityLevel of the microphone. If I understood what's in the livedocs, the activity level is the amount of sound captured by the microphone, right? well, I'm trying to use it in order to do the animation but I have two problems:
1. there's a very annoying sound coming out of my speakers
2. nothing happens when I talk through the microphone
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Code: /* Index */ package com { import flash.display.MovieClip;
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