# Transition mask

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transition-mask/63664>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 8, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transition-mask/63664 "2004-09-08T22:33:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![shrav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@shrav](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shrav)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transition-mask/63664/1 "2004-09-08T22:33:02Z")

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hello all

i am so stuck… i need to create a lovelly effect like the one at [http://www.andyfoulds.co.uk](http://www.andyfoulds.co.uk)… the squares fading off… but with buttons so i can showcase my work … any ideas…  
so lost.\*?

also just as a thought is this poss with circules…?

thanks in advance  
shrav

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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:** [September 9, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transition-mask/63664/2 "2004-09-09T16:09:16Z")

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shrav, someone posted a question similar to this before and while I did not explain how to do the exact effect you are looking at, I did offer a link to this tutorial which is the same effect, just achieved in a different way. If you set the on(Release) rollovers to onLoad and used masking I think this is what you are looking for:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/poolofsquares.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/poolofsquares.htm)