# How to achieve this effect

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**Created:** [August 19, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-achieve-this-effect/28843 "2003-08-19T07:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![waynez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@waynez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waynez)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-achieve-this-effect/28843/1 "2003-08-19T07:03:21Z")

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anyone know how to achieve the following effect in flash

i got a picture and i wan to reveal the image with each square peeling off one by one ,

i think maybe is using masking and alpha tweening… jus my guess…

hope someone can understand what i mean.

thanks in advance

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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 19, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-achieve-this-effect/28843/2 "2003-08-19T12:06:55Z")

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create a movie clip of the peel-off effect and put them on top of the picture, set your timeline with frames so that the movieclips play one by one.

Alternatively, make the peel-off movieclip, place them on the picture then use actionscript to set them off at random or in sequence.

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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 19, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-achieve-this-effect/28843/3 "2003-08-19T13:06:14Z")

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dun really understand…

do u mind show me an example pls…

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:** [August 21, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-achieve-this-effect/28843/4 "2003-08-21T08:22:59Z")

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Give me a day and I’ll send some instructions.