# Swirl effect

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swirl-effect/270620>\
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**Created:** [September 11, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swirl-effect/270620 "2008-09-11T17:02:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ktomasso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@ktomasso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ktomasso)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swirl-effect/270620/1 "2008-09-11T17:02:36Z")

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Can anyone help me with an effect I’m trying to make?

I’d like to make an image look like it’s disappearing by someone is drinking it down with a straw. The best way to describe this would be if you were looking at a the inside of coffee mug from the top down, and the contents would ripple, and disappear in a swirl effect. I don’t want to show the straw, just the effect the liquid would have if someone was drinking out of one. I don’t have an example anywhere, but I hope you may get what I mean.

I sort of have the ripple effect done using an oval shape tween mask, but would welcome any better (more realistic) suggestions.

I should mention that I do not know actionscript at all, so if that’s the solution please lay it out like you were teaching a 5th grader. Thank you in advance.