# Car Headlights?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/car-headlights/2473>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 28, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/car-headlights/2473 "2002-03-28T20:20:30Z")\
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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:** [March 28, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/car-headlights/2473/1 "2002-03-28T20:20:30Z")

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if i had to make a mask lighting up the front of a car how would i mask it. ive got three layers. a layer for my city, a layer for my car, and a layer for my alpha’d black box (making it look like darkness). i want to mask the darkness with the car headlights. any help would be appreciated.

thanks

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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:** [March 29, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/car-headlights/2473/2 "2002-03-29T04:16:48Z")

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Make a shape, triangle(ish) I suppose. Then fill the shape useing the liner graident fill. It should start at a solid color, (doesn’t really matter which since it will be a mask.) The other fill point should be alpha null (the little white box with a red line through it.) Then make the shape a mask. The only thing I am unsure of is what layer you would need to mask to make it work. Play with it a bit to see, and let us know how its going.

Cheers!  
-Niann

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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:** [March 29, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/car-headlights/2473/3 "2002-03-29T10:16:08Z")

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I don’t think this would work, Niann, as Flash doesn’t care about the alpha or the color of a mask. If you make it fade away, Flash won’t see it (unless you’re working on MX). I’m not totally sure though.

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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:** [March 29, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/car-headlights/2473/4 "2002-03-29T16:06:26Z")

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Hmmmm, I have never tried before. What you say makes sense though. Ok opening flash now to take a look at some options, there has got to be a way to do this, as I know I have seen the effect before… Just a bit more complicated than I thought… =)

Cheers!  
-Niann

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**Author:** ![johnbarton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@johnbarton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnbarton)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/car-headlights/2473/5 "2008-05-27T09:13:02Z")

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any kind of company u will get it [http://usautolighting.com](http://usautolighting.com)

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**Author:** ![johnbarton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@johnbarton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnbarton)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/car-headlights/2473/6 "2008-06-02T18:04:53Z")

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My bad. I was drunk when i wrote that message. You can find example pictures of any cars on this site: [Car Headlights](http://usautolighting.com).