# Out of focus scroller **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999 "2003-03-05T03:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bretts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@bretts](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bretts)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/1 "2003-03-05T03:51:39Z")
Hi guys, I am relatively new to flash, I have a few things down pat, and would really love to know how to do something. [http://www.spacefurniture.com.au/main.htm](http://www.spacefurniture.com.au/main.htm) I am reffering to the way the pictures scroll in and out of focus… And help will be appreciatted. Thanks bretts ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/2 "2003-03-05T06:48:34Z")
\masks\ i think it would be easier if you see an example than if i try to explain it … =) \\edit.\ sorry … i had to remove the file :(\ ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/3 "2003-03-05T07:01:17Z")
kax, I have the file, thanks a heap for that. So I am assuming it’s code that it put in? I’ll have a closer look at it and play around to see how it works… Thanks again, muchly appreciatted. bretts ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/4 "2003-03-05T07:06:24Z")
ok … before you do anything make a copy of the file. i will remove it from the server now and i already deleted it from my hd and if you have problems just ask 😉 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/5 "2003-03-05T15:15:53Z")
wheres the file?!?!?! can you place it back on so i can have a look!?!? if anyone can help look at the link and give me a shout!! postatomic:evil: ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/6 "2003-03-05T15:26:10Z")
**postatomic** the file was too big to be attached to the forum … i uploaded it to my server but i had to remove it :-\ i’ll try to make a new one with a smaller size 😉 in the meantime … maybe bretts could send you the file … ? 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/7 "2003-03-05T15:35:35Z")
KAX… where did you get the file…or did you make it up yourself… I’ve done a search to see if there is anything I can find to help me on my way…but I can’t find anything…any chance you can point me in the right direction? cheers postatomic:evil: ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/8 "2003-03-05T15:52:27Z")
yep … i made it 🙂 it’s not so hard actually … blur the image in photoshop or whatever program you use. import the images into flash. place each image into a movie clip so you’d have two movie clips. one contains the image blurred and the other movie clips the normal image then create a mask for each movie clip and that’s it ok … give 10 minutes and i’ll make it again 😉 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/9 "2003-03-05T16:08:57Z")
i should have not used such images in the first file 😛 now it’s just 10kb zipped 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 14, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/10 "2003-03-14T00:29:51Z")
I’ve been trying to duplicate this since you put the file up, I am still unsuccessful… All I see is black masks on top of the images, no scrolling. I’ve renamed everything, everything matches up, I’ve done everything I can think of to get this thing to work. Attached is my .fla file. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/11 "2003-03-14T02:31:55Z")
after a quick look there are some instance names missing in your file. i fixed that and it’s still not working ☹ i’ll fix it as soon as i finish my work 😉 by the way … your images won’t match when the scroll returns its position. it’ll look choppy and there’s nothing i can do about it :sleep: ---
**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:** [March 14, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/12 "2003-03-14T02:53:14Z")
… =) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/13 "2003-03-14T03:27:25Z")
Ahh! I’ve done it… Now i have to work out how to stop it skipping at the end… Any pointers? Thanks soo much everyone bretts :tie: ---
**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:** [March 19, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/14 "2003-03-19T03:39:26Z")
Hi all, I have the skipping problem solved, but now I am having the problem of when I save it as a Flash Play 5 file, it shows up all black, it will work when I save it as a Flash 6 file, but then people who have flash 5 cannot view it. Thanks bretts ---
**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:** [March 19, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/15 "2003-03-19T05:35:57Z")
that’s because **MovieClip.setMask()** is only supported in flash 6 :-\ you’d need to use a masked layer 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/16 "2003-03-19T05:40:01Z")
I am not yet that advanced ☹ Infact quite the oppostie. Can I have it in layman’s terms? Thanks bretts ---
**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:** [March 19, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/out-of-focus-scroller/14999/17 "2003-03-19T05:47:15Z")
place each mask and scrolling movie clips in its own layer. right click over the layer that contains a mask and select **mask**. now just drag and drop the layers containing a scrolling movie clip under its respective mask 🙂