# Want a clock like rotating mask

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-a-clock-like-rotating-mask/60107>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 6, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-a-clock-like-rotating-mask/60107 "2004-08-06T16:05:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jumpingjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jumpingjack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jumpingjack)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-a-clock-like-rotating-mask/60107/1 "2004-08-06T16:05:34Z")

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I’m trying to build a preloader that will give the appearance of a circle filling clockwise like a clock (as the movie loads) - as if the second hand was revealing the circle beneath as it passes by. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a smooth way to do this?

I’m not asking how to build a preloader. I’m asking how to create that appearence described above.

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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:** [August 6, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-a-clock-like-rotating-mask/60107/2 "2004-08-06T19:11:46Z")

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Well, I did it by dividing the circle into section, masking each section on a separate layer. It just seems like there should be an easier way.

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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:** [August 6, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-a-clock-like-rotating-mask/60107/3 "2004-08-06T19:25:55Z")

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[http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/adv\_draw\_methods.html](http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/adv_draw_methods.html)

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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:** [August 8, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-a-clock-like-rotating-mask/60107/4 "2004-08-08T23:06:23Z")

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Draw wedge - very cool. Thanks.