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Re: Gradient Masking

tralfaz
5/26/2006 12:56:26 PM

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It's not easy with Flash because it won't allow gradients in masks. (unless Flash 8 has something, I don't know)

Some things to look at..
http://members.cox.net/4my2dogs/flash/sidefade/sidefade.html

http://www.kompanionkare.net/flash/alphamask.html

tralfaz

Gradient Masking

GAMBRKER
5/26/2006 7:01:08 PM

I've been trying to do this for quite some time and can't figure it out. I want
to create a wiping effect with a gradient as a mask (color > transparent). So
it looks smooth fading left to right or whatever. You get the picture,
hopefully :).

I know how to create a color > transparent gradient in flash, but it treats
the image as solid and not gradient. I've also tried importing a gradient as a
..PNG but that doesn't work either. Any suggestions, or am I going down a dead
end? Thanks in advance.

GAMBRKER

Re: Gradient Masking

Peter Blumenthal
5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM

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(unless Flash 8 has something, I don't know)

Yeah, this is now possible in Flash 8...

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Re: Gradient Masking

GAMBRKER
5/31/2006 5:25:15 PM

Thanks for the help.

Re: Gradient Masking

Peter Blumenthal
6/1/2006 2:02:05 PM

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Sure, it's really simple. You create your mask with a black and white
gradient (black meaning the layer being masked will be completely visible,
white meaning completely invisible). Then you *must* assign the mask via
actionscript, or else the gradient will not work.

mc1.setMask(mc2);

You can download a simple example here:

http://www.phageinteractive.com/test/mask.zip

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Re: Gradient Masking

GAMBRKER
6/1/2006 2:21:33 PM

Re: Gradient Masking

Peter Blumenthal
6/1/2006 5:05:03 PM

You're welcome

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