# Drawing the outline of an image **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 21, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-the-outline-of-an-image/182770 "2006-03-21T11:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andy11983](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@andy11983](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andy11983)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-the-outline-of-an-image/182770/1 "2006-03-21T11:06:08Z")
hi guys, can anybody please help me, i have an image that i am using, but i want to draw the outline of the image before the image appears, im using the drawing API to plot the co-ordinates to get the outline of the image, but i cant seem to animate it to get the illusion that it is drawing. Can anybody please help All help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks again andy ---
**Author:** ![Elementss](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/elementss/32/1698_2.png) [@Elementss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Elementss)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-the-outline-of-an-image/182770/2 "2006-03-21T11:44:35Z")
you mean : Draw a few pixel outline (not a wide outlind?) you can use motion tween & maskind to show the portion of the outline that you want, and make it look like it is being Drawn… or use motion tween to the outlines one by one… do not forget to set in the propertes panel the Rotate to None & play with the Ease :ne: ---
**Author:** ![Elementss](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/elementss/32/1698_2.png) [@Elementss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Elementss)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-the-outline-of-an-image/182770/3 "2006-03-21T11:59:50Z")
Something like this ? :sigh: