ActionScript 3.0 :: Masking 2 Objects At Once?
Nov 6, 2009
I posted a message a while ago about creating a spotlight effect over a background and it was suggested that I use masks to create the desired effect. This worked fantastically.... until now lol. I need to mask both the background image AND some randomly generated on-screen objects. Whever I try to add the mask to the objects generated at run-time, it ceases to mask the background as well!
I should probably have expected this one... but was just wondering what was the best wat to get around this? Should I create 2 'spotlight' objects which directly overlap each other, but have one set to mask the background while the other masks everything else? Or is there an easier approach?
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Nov 16, 2010
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i made a masking anim using frame by frame animation on the mask layer...
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I search my problem in this forum prior to writing this. I got a thread that explains exactly what I needed to know; however, it doesn't work for me...I am trying to mask a duplicated mc.I am attaching my .fla so you can take a look. The code is a bit long, but I marked the setMask code line with dashes (it's right on top).I marked out the setMask line so you can see how it looks like, because when I do mask, you can see any of the MCs that are being masked.
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Jul 29, 2009
So I am learning AS3 slowly.First project in it.I am having some troubles. (I know I need to learn to code class based, working on it, familiarizing myself with some of the basics before I change my style completely).I have set up my stage to have four instances of a movieclip named silverScreen0 - silverScreen3.Each of those has a content layer in it which I am dynamically loading an identical swf.I then have a mask I put over each clip so that it only show a specific area.
-First issue comes up that hte fourth mask seems to move/distort on load, as you'll see in the swf.
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Jul 22, 2009
I'm getting frustrated with a project I'm working on. The problem I'm having now is trying to make a breadcrumbing list that is masked within an area like below.
Each breadcrumb is a duplicated movieclip that adds new text and resizes to fit the text as needed then moved over so that it is spaced evenly. All is well until the next duplicate which is beyond the mask area. When a duplicate is found to be beyond the right edge of the mask area, everything moves to the left so that the new duplicate will fit in its entirety. The whole thing blows up and releases all of the previous movieclips from the mask layer like below. I am using CS3 Actionscript 3 Publishing to Player 9.
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The attachment contains two screen shots of a movie clip timeline. The images consist of a text mask symbol sliding diagonally other a text layer, and a picture button sliding to the left under an aqua blue mask. When I scrub the timeline -- things work great. But when I view the movie via the control menu, the dynamic text is not displayed. The images illustrate the masking layers in unlocked and locked mode.
I'm using CS4.
Attachments: masking.jpg (136.8 K)
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Mar 2, 2012
i have this image of a tree and a single frame so i want to make it inside a nested movie clip so i make the symbol and make the mask, and i tween the mask to start off on the bottom and moves its way to overtop of the symbol i write the code to what i know works with a regualr preloader but when i go to test the movie nothing happens. How do i make a masking preloader with actionscript 3.0 giving the impression that the tree is the item that is loading on the screen?
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