re: masking example @ necromanthus.com

[miles_n_diz]

i downloaded the masking .fun file from necromanthus.com...i have a problem creating this effect. It seems like as soon as i convert the "mask" into "mask_mc" and point the actionscript to "mc3" i have functionality of the mask (moving up and down) but the text (also converted to mc)is still displayed (not just where the mask should reveal the text to be).

i hope that makes some sense.

any clue as to what i may be doing incorrectly???

thanks in advance,

eric.

[necromanthus]

I'm confussed ... what are you trying to do there ?
Just follow the layers (shapes order) and set the Script for the right movieclip.
p.s.
This FUN file was tested on v4.0 and v4.1 only !

[miles_n_diz]

thanks for your response, i figured out what i was missing. i had been thinking that the "mask" should be set before converting to mc...but i hadn't put in this actionscript that actually masks it:

poem_mc.setMask(mask_mc);
stop();


sometimes the obvious eludes me.

thanks for posting that example on your site, just trying to get my feet wet with actionscript.

eric.

[necromanthus]

No problem ERIC !
I'll try to add new usefull FUN files there.
cheers