# Animated masks

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/160300>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/160300 "2005-08-24T22:39:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![intrudah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/898d66/32.png) [@intrudah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/intrudah)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/160300/1 "2005-08-24T22:39:17Z")

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I was given this logo and was told to do some kind of flash to it

[[img=http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6321/compuyata0zf.th.gif]](http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=compuyata0zf.gif)

I was thinking the arrow could move around the outline of the logo so only what the arrow has moved over is shown through a mask.

I’m very rusty on mx 2004 (havent been designing in flash since v5)

I tried to motion tween a square mask but when the arrow goes around the curves it doesnt look right. I also tried shape tweening but that still didnt help.

Is there an easy way to do an animated mask like that with out having to go frame by frame?