macromedia flash sitedesign: Is there a way to create a movie clip that has

Any version of Flash could accomplish this. Check the manual or the lessons that come with Flash for more? Otherwise be more
specific please.

John

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I am trying to create a movie clip that
uses an animated mask that at first
is displayed as a vertical line that expands
outward from side to side, to form a
box that shows the desired jpg. after clicking
a button . I have tried this repeatedly but it
does not work the way it should.

1. create a movieclip
2. within create two layers: make sure the first frame remains empty
3. bottom layer holds picture
4. top layer holds mask shape (probably a rectangle with centerpoint in the middle)
5. create motion tween for the masking effect in the top layer
6. turn the top layer with the mask tween into a mask layer
7. make sure the lowest layer has as much frames as the mask layer, and make sure that it is under the mask (check the manual if
necessary)
8. add a stop(); action to the first an the last frame
9 drag the movieclip from the library to the stage (main timeline), and give it the instancename "plop_mc"
10. have a button on the same main time line called "plop_btn"
11. in frame 1 of the main timeline write this

plop_btn.onRelease = function(){
plop_mc.play();
}

That should about cover it. Untested ;-)

John

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