Flash :: Masking

Masking Issue - Image 'pops' Out Of Masking
ok i been attempting to fix this tiny, but obvious glitch for hours...

3 layers on timeline

bottom layer has 6 different images at regular intervals (every 26 frames).

middle layer is masking the bottom layer. it contains a movie clip of animation of a square shrinking to basically nothing then expanding again (with a 3 frame pause before it expanding again). Basically like a shutter closing then opening.

the top layer is empty except for the action script calls in key frames at intervals to start the animation of the mask. just uses gotoAndPlay('label') to the movie clip in middle/mask layer.

PROBLEM:
The change of pictures if offset in the timeline so the change occurs during the closing of the shutter (mask hiding all of the image).
so the mask movie clip is in layer 2 frame 1.
the first image is in layer 3 frame 7.

for some reason the very first image just pops over the closed shutter i.e. it is visible even though it should hidden. The subsequent 5 image changes behave as they are supposed to.

whiskey tango foxtrot....

edit note:
this movie clips is then placed on the main time line and itself one of a few a masked layers.

Masking Tricks And Masking Designs
Hi,

I am wondering if someone could direct me to any Flash technique websites that focus solely on a variety of masking tricks and techniques. My vision is to create Flash animations that employ the same design effects as Adobe After Effects..and I've seen plenty of that on TV commercials.

So far I'm checking out Kirupa.com www.kirupa.com

Thanks! I have Flash MX

Masking Not Completely Masking
i'm masking stuff but there are some artifacts. here's a screen shot:

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jizietz/seethroughmask.jpg

i drew red arrows pointing to the artifacts. i've got a mask over the rectangle on the left, and things are scrolling into view from right to left. unfortunately, things are showing up outside of the mask. is this because my background color isn't white? any ideas here?

Masking On Masking - A Dynamic Jpg
Hi Fk'ers.
I've got a problem.. I want to mask a a dynamic jpg, but I can't seem to make it happen.
Please help me.. Quite desperate!

Masking On Masking - Dynamic Jpg.
Hi Fk'ers.
I've got a problem.. I want to mask a a dynamic jpg, but I can't seem to make it happen.
Please help me.. Quite desperate!
I've attached the file, so it's easier to see what I mean.

Masking But How
Can u mask an object on the main timeline through a Movie clip i.e. keep an image on the main time line and get an mc place it on the main movie in a way that the image appears masked

Help With Masking
Hi,
Thanks for at least looking at this problem I am having. What I am trying to do is have 3 squares ined up vertically with a 1/4 space between them and I have a JPEG I want to move behing the squares. I dont want the squares to move just the jpeg. For the life of me I cant get this simple thing to work. Any suggestions or need more information please respond. Thanks,
Tom

MASKING?
hey everyone, alright, ive been lookin through alot of tutorials here and theyre all great, but ive noticed the word "masking". can someone explain what it is and how to do it? thx
Italian_Stallion
Peace Out
Happy Flashing

Masking
i have 5 layers with images moving (letters) and iwant them all to mask over a motion tween. i can only get the bottomlayer to mask over the flag, every layerover the first one wont work. how do i get them to all be masks?

MASKING - PLEASE HELP
I pretty much know the basics of Flash, but I have run into some problems dealing with masking. I am not even sure this is possible. Similar to strobe writing (when pictures are flashed in your text), I was wondering if you could flash pictures through a regular image, picture, or symbol? Or is it just text? What are the restrictions? Please somebody help me.

Masking Help......
ok say i have a white box with just a black border..and i wanna put a pic behind it, i know how to insert pics into a flash thing but how would i put the pic so that it is inside the box masked behind it? i have trouble with masking so could anyone pls help it would be much appreciated..john

Masking With AS
Is it possible to control a mask with actionscript?
anyone developed a technique for this..?
m

Masking
rite i'm going to go mad if i can't sort this problem out...

i'm working on my website, i've got some vector artwork that i've imported from freehand.. i'm making a button from this artwork but it needs masking. i make a mask in the button and all is fine within flash, its when i publish it that it all goes horribly wrong in the file the masked layers appear as the vector picture but where the mask is its black (the mask layer is black)and when i put the cursor over the button the 'over' state is also black where the mask should be..

can any1 shed some light on this?

thanx, anymore info needed i'm sure ur shout for it

Masking In MX
I know how to mask I have been doing it in flash 5 for ages but now I try to do the same in MX and it doesnt work.

I'm trying to make a glint like in the spot light tutorial,
shape on top text underneath. Nothing happens. Now if I reverse it. Shape on bottom, text on top it works untill I publish the movie. This is driving me crazy. Could someone help me out please.
thanks

fin.

Masking
Hi pls help.
I have a fla movie, very simple. It has a background and I am creating an animated mask above it so when it moves it reveals the background. My problem is however I want various things to happen-ie multiple animations that are masked, I can't seem to do this though. It will only let me mask the one layer above. Do I need to create a movie clip. I can't seem to get that working either.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

Masking Help Please
Hello All,
I have not played around with masking a whole lot, but I understand the gist of it. I know you can use shapes and text to mask bitmap images and vector shapes and so on.

I am trying to mask a bitmap image with gradiated edges to make the edges looked "faded" and soft.

I have tried using the gradient tool and the soften fill edges command to fade the edges but I still get a hard edge.

Any suggestions??

Thanks,
Brian

Masking Help ?
Hi all can any one help me im trying to get the same effect or similar to the loading effect on the http://www.designreactor.com site .
iy looks like firey blury thing ant help would be useful.
Thanks

Help With Masking
Ok This has probably been asked before but here goes.

I have a graph, white lines on a black background, it starts off as 50% transparent (or alpha). As I sweep across it from left to right with a rectangular mask, I need the mask to reveal a full brightness (100% alpha) version of the graph. I suspect it isn't as simple as a single mask. Can anyone help?

Thanks a lot

Luca

MX And Masking
This is a pretty slick site: http://www.bsfllp.com/flash.htm. Does anyone have an idea of how they did it?
Is it a movie clip composed of Layer One 'TEXT' masking Layer Two 'IMAGES'. And this clip masks all else?
Thank you,
Fred

Masking
I'm having this odd and annoying problem -- I have four images, masked that animate over each other. Sounds ok, but for some reason the published movie comes out at weird opacities, sometimes its solid, sometimes it's semi-transparent. If you publish it ten times it looks ten different ways. Even the text and non-image elements are sort of ghosted. Has anyone else had this problem?

Masking
can anyone help with masking text.
every time i mask text it makes it invisble

Masking Bug?
Ehh.. I downloaded a couple of already made flash tutorial for "masking" but it wouldn't play right... The FILL is not masked even though it is checked. I'm also having problem making masks for my guestbook... it will NOT mask the freaking FILL i made...

Masking
All right, this is a simple problem.

Situation: I have 5 buttons coming from the right of the screen into the center stage. I want the buttons to show up when they are at a certain position on the stage. I put a mask where I want them displayed.

Problem: I can't get the mask to work correctly when I export the movie into a .swf file. In fact, I don't even see the buttons at all. However, it works just fine when I press "play" on the stage.

Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong?

If any of you don't mind, I would like to send someone my .fla file, it's too big to attach. I have just the buttons and the mask on there...if you're good you be able to figure it out in a synch.

Thanks.

Help With Masking
Ok i have a mask over a text in the background. It follows the mouse. But how do i make things actually show up? like this site for example: http://www.freshmedia.net/v3/frame.html
I cannot make it so the button actually shows up. It just shows up when tehres a BG but its the BG color. Do i need a black back ground PLEASE HELP lol

Masking
How Can I create a Semi Transparent Mask to overlay the main scene?

Masking Or RGB
I want a circle move over a text(symbol) and the text should change its color but just within the shape of the circle. Is it possible to do this with a mask or by changing the RGB color of the text. I really do not know how to manage this and as I am a real newby I am very grateful for any suggestions. Thanks in advance.cu.

Masking A Url
Hello,
I have a web site that has links that open in a new borwser window.
I want to have the adress bar show a different url that it does.

Is there a way to have the url masked, or chenged to something i specify.
Or, alternitively, can i have the adress bar not show at all?

Thanks
Ari

Masking ?
I have a site I have seen recently and want to know how to do the effect on the site in flash mx. The site is http://www.seanjohn.com/sj6/ enter the site and it writes out a S and a J. I want to know how to do this. I heard it is done with masking. I have looked on this site for a tutorial but none cover this. Am I wrong that this is masking? Can someone please help me out on how to do this, by a post here and include a example fla if posible.

Thanks

Masking
Hi,
I am trying to use a draggable mask that when dragged over a picture will show the masked Picture....
This is very Similar to the Magnifying Glass.. however, the Magnifying Glass Movie had one picture and I am trying to use 2 picture above an below the Masking.,....
The Mask Layer Does not move.... What Do I do??
I have attached the File... Please assist me with this...

Thank you...
Wishy

Masking
Hi,
I am trying to use a draggable mask that when dragged over a picture will show the masked Picture....
This is very Similar to the Magnifying Glass.. however, the Magnifying Glass Movie had one picture and I am trying to use 2 picture above an below the Masking.,....
The Mask Layer Does not move.... What Do I do??
Please assist me with this...
AM unable to attach the file so I have uploaded the here..
The Masking File
Thank you...
Wishy

Masking
I had downloaded the .fla file for one of the educational movies. The link for it is:
http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Anima...5164/index.php
I was trying to recreate that effect. I understand that masking is used to create the magnifying effect and I was able to achieve that. However, the smaller version is also visible when the magnifying glass passes over the stage, together with the enlarged version. Whenever, I put anything on different layers, all the layers are visible at the same time. How has the author managed to hide one of the layers, so that only one layer is visible?
Will somebody please view the movie at the above link and explain how I can do it? I had sent a mail to the author, sometime back, but received no reply. I would be grateful for any guidance.
Thanking You!

Masking Help
Here's my question I'm trying to make a mask layer to give the effect of writing curse letters. I want it to look like the words are been writen on the screen. Please help thanx.

Masking
i'm doing a sort of like a camera thingy.
as we all know, camera has the lcd thing.

this lcd layer will be masking e animations that is going on in the 'real world'(background).
while this masking displays e animations in the lcd, the 'real word' animations are hidden.

how do i work around this problem, as i tried to use duplicate movie, but that only allow me to duplicate a MC onto the same layer. (my lcd is in another mc, i need the same mc on the main timeline, _root)

or any other way alternative ways to get around this problem? the animations are being controlled by actionscript.

Masking
Well, I have troulbing understanding this excerpt from my Flash Bible

"The uppermost layer of the Mask is the Mask Layer and is responsible for the effect that you see. As a mask, this defines which portions of the Masked layer will be seen"

Okay, I will tell the truth. I am only 14 and still don't get some of this techilogical stuff in the book. So can somebody explain this in english? Thx a lot.

Masking
is this the only/best way to aheive this effect?

http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Effec...1993/index.php

thanks,

P.

Masking
First of all I thank Iaskwhy and somebody else(srry forgot your name ) helping me on my masking. I have attached a flash movie that shows me doing some simple masking and would like if anyone commented on how it is for a simple mask. Remeber, it is a newbie movie lol. Thx

Masking
Let's say I have a banner, and I'm going to do one of those outlines, that i'll mask right. Well how do some people make it that the edges are "soft" or fading out. Like for example here:

http://www.templatemonster.com/scree...0/2619-ih.html

Help With Masking
We have a client that would like a intro similar to what is found at tasmania.info. This is a flash screen saver. I know it is asking alot but you will need to download the screen saver to see the effect. I have attached the zip file or you can get it from

http://tasmania.info/home/index.cfm?...b=selectscreen

Question, how do I do this? I can do the basic masking but what I get is the image under the mask revealed as the mask moves across but do know how to take the letters off as I go and change the color of the images as I go.

arlie

Masking
Huwo everyone, I need help with an effect, Ive seen this before on like Cooties bard with the X-Ray specs, where there are two images on sceen, and a 3rd object that reveales only the image under it, the effect is meant to be like a scanner, where the bar scans some one and shows of their skull as it moves. can some one please tell me how you can pull of that effect...PWEASE oxoxxo

Masking Help
I have been working on a problem all morning and am about to bash my head in. I have 4 pics that I want to use in my into animation. I have a mask that is removing the first picture of the stage but as it removes it I want the next picture to follow the mask in so when the first pciture is completely gone the second picture is now on stage. I cant seem to get this to work. If you dont understand what I am saying see www.jenniferlopez.com. Click HIFI. Notice how when the slide show comes on the masking technique that allows the second picture to come up as the first one goes off.

Can anyone help me with this before I kill myself!

Thanks... Bubba

Masking...
SO... I'm an... "not so smart Guy right now"

Ive had it work before.. but I cant figure what I am doing wrong now..

I am trying to mask an imported image, and It looks masked in EVERY way.. UNTIL.. I actually test the movie... Then the masking goes away and the entire image is revealed in all its glorious design wrecking beauty.

help?

Thanx

MaiMas

Masking
when using masks why do some operate correctly while others just show the masked layer and not the mask itself. I am working with multiple masks in the same movie. The layers are locked and I've moved them to the top and yet the one mask is not working properly yet the other is.... Confused

I'm sure its something simple, but illuding me

Masking
I'm trying to figure out how masking works via a simple tutorial involving a bar that moves across text makeing it look kinda like it's lighting up (I'm shure you know what I mean)

I have 3 layers, one for the mask, one for the masked, and one for the base text. it works fine when I play through the frames on the stage (hit enter) but when I preview (ctrl+alt+enter) it dosnt work, and all I get is the base text.

any help would be apriciated

Is This Done With Masking?
this effect is cool.

check out the navigation

i've seen it before but it is a mystery on how it is layed out. i think it is done with masking and several moving lyers but i could be wrong if anyone has seen source files with this effect please post.

thanks

Masking
What is maksing?
And could someone give me some links to tutorials on basic masking?

Masking
i'm using flash mx

i'm making this slider, however i can't make the masking to mask the second movie loader.

second question is how can i make the movie stop when my mouse is over one of the button inside the slider?

i'm attaching the file,
can anyone help me?

Masking?
Please help.

i am making a mask for a text

i have done everything right. when i move the movie along with the red bar on the timeline it masked perfectly but when i test the movie in the browser there is just a it won't mask

i will send a very simple example

please help

Masking
I know (now) that masking will not work with buttons. This is bad news for me because I need exactly that. I am trying to fill an irregular shaped button with a graphic. This graphic should take on all the fades and such of the button when moused over. If there was a way to select the borders of the button and crop the image accordingly, that would work too, but I haven't found a way. Now that I am asking for assistance, I might as well go all out. Here is what I want to do:

Fade in an irregular shaped button with a black and white graphic as the fill. After the fade in, the button becomes active. When moused over, the movie clip plays while the black and white graphic colorizes.

Right now, I have the button fading in. It has no fill. When moused over, the movie clip plays. I need help on the other parts. Thanks!

Masking...?
Hey,

I've got a simple masking effect in my movie where a graphic slides behind some text... It looks beautiful when I'm in the timeline editing things, but when I export as .swf or test the movie it doesn't show the mask...? I can't figure out where and what is wrong because it works fine when I'm editing things. Please help, thanks in advance. Peace.

Masking

I have a shape on my site that i would like to have a sort of inertia based movement inside, I know it involves masking, but I dont know what to do. the site is, www.chasetony.com Its the orange hook type thing that Id like to have something in. Any help would be great. Thanks!