# Masking?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 3, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253 "2003-04-03T03:45:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![vazash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/edb3f5/32.png) [@vazash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vazash)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253/1 "2003-04-03T03:45:58Z")

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To all you flashers out there

I would like to know how this is done [http://www.visualflux.com](http://www.visualflux.com) the mouseovers. I believe that it is done with masking but I tried and could not achieve this. Could someone please help me out.

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:** [April 7, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253/2 "2003-04-07T00:35:34Z")

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Yeah, I think it’s a mask too. It may be more difficult than I think it looks, but here’s my summary:  
-There are black and white images in the background.  
-A new layer is made on top of these images.  
-The new layer contains a large rectangular button with a movie clip inside it.  
-The movie clip contains a mask that is controlled by the “x” position of the user’s cursor.  
-The mc mask reveals the “coloured” images.  
-Notice that although the black and white images move; they are at exactly the same place each time your mouse moves over a certain position. (The same can be said about the coloured images.

Hope this helps!

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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:** [April 7, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253/3 "2003-04-07T03:06:53Z")

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Thanks for the help…it did make things a little clear but could you help me with the code as to how it is made coz i tried making an mc and masking it but then the mask is not draggable and hence i am a little confused as to how it is done. I am still trying some ways but have been quite unsuccessful.

Thanks for the help all the same.

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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:** [April 16, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253/4 "2003-04-16T06:52:08Z")

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dragging masks is impossible, you have to use the fake drag mask technique,  
[click here](http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Actionscripting/Flash_5_-Pure_Mor-588/index.php) . 🙂

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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:** [April 16, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253/5 "2003-04-16T07:47:19Z")

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DMX,

Thank you very much…it was the very tutotial i was looking for and it helped immensely…

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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:** [April 16, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253/6 "2003-04-16T07:52:17Z")

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Don’t they have something similar in the tutoraisl section, except the images are blurred, then unblurred when the mask is over it.

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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:** [April 16, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253/7 "2003-04-16T12:40:01Z")

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which tutorial would u be referring to…coz i did look but may not have been in the right section…could you pls send me the link to the tutorial.

Thanks for all the help

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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:** [April 16, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/17253/8 "2003-04-16T14:21:29Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/scriptable\_masks.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/scriptable_masks.htm)

that should be it