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How do I make one? I have a background that I want to reveal by flying a mask over it. I only want to see the background that is under the mask. I think I had a tutorial on how to do something like this once but I forget.

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"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. "

i think that masks in flash will reveal what you are essentially "covering". its like you're making a window with the artwork. you cna make any layer into a mask by right clicking it and choosing "mask". you can only see the mask doing its thing if both the mask layer AND any layers under it are LOCKED. unlocking any of the layers will turn the mask "off" while you are working. if you step out of a symbol, or render out a SWF, it doesnt care if its locked or not. this only happens whe youre working.

you can animate a mask to reveal parts are you wish. the simplest way is to keep your mask as artwork, and just use a shape tween to give it simple animation.

hope that helps.

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Thanks, I'll give it a try when I get home.

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"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. "

To any Non-flash artist, that would make zero sense. I understand it completely, and I still hate flash for doing that.

Flash is the only program I've done extensive masking for. The latest job usually has dozens of layers and at least three masks per episode, so I'm quickly getting used to the weirdness.

Despite their awkward nature (Like Frank said, make SURE they're visible and locked to work), they're pretty versatile in Flash. The little tricks you can do with them are fun.

One of the (few) reasons to enjoy Flash over paper!