# Animation effect trying to duplicate

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-effect-trying-to-duplicate/28748>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 18, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-effect-trying-to-duplicate/28748 "2003-08-18T02:33:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![bonafide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@bonafide](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bonafide)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-effect-trying-to-duplicate/28748/1 "2003-08-18T02:33:15Z")

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I have visited this site on numerous occasions for the tutorials and I am now asking why did I take so long to join the forums. Anyway there is an effect seen @ [http://www.snowontheweb.com](http://www.snowontheweb.com) Directly underneath the sign up for the newsletter, between news and the postcard that I am interested in. I would like to know how that animation is done. I have seen alot of other websites where the animation is done like that, and often wondered how it was created. I am working on a site, and would love to incorporate the same kind of feel to it. In fact all the transitional effects on the snow site are nice. I am however interested in figuring out how that particular one was created. What gets me is how the the actual image of the artist Snow is revealed with something like a mask that has contours. That ribbon looking thing that comes and swirls around him as well I am interested in. I figure if I learn one, I would be on my way to being able to create any kind of effect like it. Do forgive me if I have been poor in describing what I am trying to recreate. I posted this same question in another forum and after 35 views with no response, I thought I try here.

Thanks in Advance  
Bonafide

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-effect-trying-to-duplicate/28748/2 "2003-08-18T09:40:30Z")

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Hoi

like you said its just masks  
i made an example

you will need to work on it to get it as good as the snow site but is the basics

😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-effect-trying-to-duplicate/28748/3 "2003-08-18T16:43:04Z")

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Master 64,

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

Regards  
Bonafide