I am working on a baseball website and I am looking for a cool masking technique…I saw one similar to what I wanted to do for the baseball…I wanted this same effect around the baseball…Does anyone know how this effect was done around the billard balls…
That doesn’t really look like a masking effect… I think the more of less did an animation instead of masking…
I would suggest doing in animation-wise… If it was masking the image would have loaded quicker on mine too 
Just animate it frame by frame… It’ll be easier and quicker in this instance.
playamarz :player:
You can create that effect with a mask as well.
You’ll need 3 layers:
layer 1 will be your mask.
layer 2 will be the white outline of your baseball.
layer 3 will be the original baseball image.
On layer 2, use the pen tool and create a white outline around your baseball.
On layer 1, create a box that will be your mask, I assume your already know how to create a mask. Then tween your mask in a vertical or horizontal depending on how you set it up.
That’s basically it, if you need more help then just ask. =)
