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# haha suits him
TJ anybody here good at Flash?
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:13, archived)
# No I'm shit at it
ask Scrambled Ed
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:14, archived)
# cheers
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:14, archived)
# He's probably the youngest /boarder by far
yet annoyingly also one of the most talented
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:15, archived)
# that is annoying isn't it?
do you know his member number so i can gaz him?
i can't do a search at work =(
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:16, archived)
# 39604
looks like he's on just now, scroll down
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:18, archived)
# yep just spotted him
cheers matey
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:21, archived)
# Did you know that you don't need user numbers to find someone?
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:25, archived)
# no i didn't
that's always annoyed me. cheers
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:28, archived)
# what are you planning
?
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:14, archived)
# i have 2 images
one on top of the other and i want the top image
to appear to be being wiped away with a cloth or
a brush or something to reveal the image beneath
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:15, archived)
# -put a layer on top of the one to reveal/cloak
-set the top layer as "mask"
-draw on the mask layer
-everything underneath a shape on the mask layer will be visible, everything else is invisible
(this only concerns the masked layer)
sorry for edits :)
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:18, archived)
# i tried that
but the masking causes the custom shape to change into a square
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:21, archived)
# ? which flash version do you use?
I have no problems painting custom masks with the brush...
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:22, archived)
# flash mx
i used a .png image. is it better to just use the brush then?
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:24, archived)
# it shouldn't matter how you paint the mask
I used rectangles, circles or brushed shapes without problems
only if the form you use as mask is too complicated, e.g. has to many edges, it can be that it is deformed, but I only encountered that problem once with multiple custom-brushed shapes :(

Edit: the image is on a separate layer below the mask, and the mask doesn't contain any other objects, right? And do you use a tween on the mask layer perhaps?
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:27, archived)
# hmm odd
i've just tried it with the brush and i reckon i can do it that way.
cheers for your help
=D
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:29, archived)
# the only way I know of doing that is
the slow way :(

which consists of a motion tween for the Brush
then frame by frame erase the top image following the motion tween......

im sure there are far better ways of doing it
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:18, archived)
# that's the only way i can think of to do it too
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:22, archived)
# yup.
*whips open coat*
(, Thu 5 Jul 2007, 10:27, archived)