Motion Guide Under Mask. How?

programming flash
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Here’s my problem. I want to have a circle move on a circular path using a motion guide but the same circle must also be masked. Is there a way to do this without having to hand animate a circular (or irregular) path? :puzzled:

Thanks in advance.

Paddy

2

Make the circle animation as one movieclip, then put that MC on another clip and mask it.

3

Wait! What? On another movieclip? In it? Put the second one on the layer above? Could you explain in more detail?

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Thanks Thoriphes.