Can i save masked objects in a bitmap?

1

then save them as jpg/png?

trying to do a virtual character where people can upload their own pictures/

var URLReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“siteb.jpg”);
var imageLoader:Loader = new Loader();
imageLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadBit);
imageLoader.load(URLReq);

function loadBit(event:Event):void {

myBitmap = Bitmap(imageLoader.content);   
addChild(myBitmap); 

 var b:BitmapData=new BitmapData(maskermc.height, maskermc.width,true,0x00FFFFFF);

var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
mc.addChild(myBitmap.mask=maskermc);

b.draw(mc);

basically im trying to put masked IMAGE into a movie clip then putting that into a bitmap
ive tried converting image and mask into bitmaps then masking and successfully saved that into a bitmap BUT its a rectangle!!!

is it possible to save masked images into movieclips/bitmaps

2

Just remove the mask for the time it takes to draw the image into a bitmap. Unless it’s an excessively large or data rich image, the action will be transparent to the user. Something like:

[AS]var b:BitmapData = new BitmapData(maskermc.height, maskermc.width,true,0x00FFFFFF);
maskermc.mask = null;
b.draw(maskermc);
maskermc.mask = imageMask_mc;
// go on to create Bitmap/Movieclip instance[/AS]