flash actionscript: Have a look at the movieClip clear method.

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Dave -
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Unfortunately movieClip.clear() clears everything. What I would like to do is
use drawing API to clear pixels from a mask - to hide things. If I use color
0x000000 or alpha 0 in beginFill, it still adds the pixels to mask - i.e.
reveals the maskee. But I want to do the opposite - start with mask that
reveals everything and then gradually start removing pixels to hide the maskee.

this thing you seek to achieve is indeed exciting... even sexual... tell me how
it works out if it works.
I've struggled with masks, trying to make them work at a pixel level... but it
never worked.
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