# Masking draw object effect... with AS

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-draw-object-effect-with-as/52095>\
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**Created:** [May 19, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-draw-object-effect-with-as/52095 "2004-05-19T22:31:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![jarviscares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@jarviscares](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jarviscares)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-draw-object-effect-with-as/52095/1 "2004-05-19T22:31:30Z")

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i have a simple .fla here which by using masks appears to “draw” a wavy box… (kinda choppy, just made it fast for example), what i am wondering is if there is a same way to achieve this effect through actionscript (not just draw a box, but to reveal any picture or shape, for a “drawing effect”)

[http://a2webdesign.com/jarvis/maskthing.fla](http://a2webdesign.com/jarvis/maskthing.fla) for the fla :}

hope someone can help me, i’m kinda newish to AS, not much more then basics.