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In this tutorial we?re going to make a ?drag mask? effect. We all know (who are advanced in flash) that masks CANNOT be dragged. So, in order to create the illusion of dragging a mask, we will create ONE movie clip and write some very simple script. 1. Create a new movie. Frame rate, dimensions and background color don?t matter, but to make it simple, make the background color black. 2. In Layer 1 of Scene 1, import an image, picture, graphic, etc. Place it in Frame 1. 3. Make a new Layer (2) and place it on top of Layer 1. 4. In Frame 1 of Layer 2, create a Movie Clip and called it dragMask. (Names don?t matter) 5. We are now editing the dragMask movie clip.
6. In Frame 1, Layer 1, create a rectangle (no border, ONLY fill), same color as your background color ? in this case black. Make it large, for example 1000x400. Align it to the center of the movie clip. 7. Go back to Scene 1. Pic 2 is showing the proper look of the main timeline on Scene 1. It is optional to give the movie clip an instance name. Now you should see the final product. The image in Layer 1 is visible through the circle we made in the movie clip. Now we have to add the script. 8. Right click on the movie clip and choose ?Actions?. Give the following script:
onClipEvent (load) {
startDrag ("", true);
}
Activate ?lock mouse to center? and if you wish to limit the mask to a certain coordinates, then activate ?constrain to rectangle? and give the numbers that best fit your needs. 9. Now hit Ctrl+Enter to test your movie. We created a dual effect. It looks like a flashlight and it?s actually masking the image without even having a mask. Very important is to make the rectangle in the movie clip as large as possible so when you start the drag motion in the main Scene, the rectangle should cover the entire image. If you don?t get to do something or you have questions about flash, please feel free to email me. I?ll help you if I can. Thank you for reading this tutorial.
Kamen
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Drag Mask illusion
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