Is there any way to have a mask animate. I have a MC and inside that is Multiple MC’s of a sqaure fading in. I tried turnong this layer into a mask but then the animation stops. All u see is the final outcome. Is there any way to make a mask fade in linke that:q:
I have animated a mask before. Post an fla of what your doing and I’ll get back to ya…
Here is a link to a quick FLA that represents what I’m trying to do.
click here
The “difSWF” layer is to represent the Layer in a differnt SWF this will be loaded over top of. Hope u can understand what I’m trying to achive here. Good Luck:)
Your problem I believe is the _alpha.
You can’t _alpha a mask. You can _alpha the object under it, but not the mask itself. _alpha changing the mask will keep the object under the mask at 100% _alpha.
So your saying the best I can do is to cut everytinhg into squares and do it indiviualy. See what I want to happen is this.
This SWF will be loaded(when the button is pressed) onto a layer that sits above another picture. I need each square to stay invisible untill it’s square is loaded. If I was using solid color this would be no problem I would just make the needed squares and animate it. The problem is this is going to be a picture.
Is there any way to adjust the alpah of a mask or am i going to have to cut up my pictures in photo shop. Or is there some kind of advanced AS masking I can do?
There is a new thing in MX called setMask, you might want to check that out.
Not 100% on how to use it, but worth a try to find out about it.
Thanks I’ll see what i can find too.
Good Luck with that
If you can’t alpha it, you can alway Shrink it away with a tween
I know for sure that works, and if done right, can produce some interesting effects
I looked into the setMask and it didn’t work either. It worked bu it also could not be alpha changed. This site here I found has kind of the effect I’m loking for if you go into the galary and click on of the thumbs.
http://www.federicafontana.it/home.html
How do u achive this type of masking? I don’t want mine to though out like that. I just want each square to load in in its own spot. any ideas?
PS: I’m going to try the shrink woth motion tween idea u mentioned.
PERFECT LOST PERFECT:beam: :beam: :beam:
The mask will pick up the scale tween. Hurray, Hurray, Hurray. My problem is soveld.
Still any ideas how they do that grid effect on that site i posted the link too? Mabye another chanlange for u and POM:)
can you post an example of what you got please?
That site obviously uses AS to do that grid effect. You can tell because all of the current blocks are in the center.
How they did it I have no clue, but it is awesome!
I will soon. I’m building a new web site based on this and I don’t want to make it public for viewing yet. Hopefuly by tonight or tomorow night I’ll have enough done that I’ll feel comfortable making it public. Then I’ll make a simple FLA on how to achive the effect I got. Sound good?
yeah!!
tnx
