dynamic text and masking

[fancy_menace]

i have some text that sits in an area that scrolls so it is under a mask.
the client has now asked that the text be dynamic but it seems to me
that dynamic text wont show up under a mask. does anyone have any
work arounds or solutions to this ?

[armyvisual]

yeah as far as i know you cannot mask dynamic text.

There must be some way around it. I assume if your looking to scroll the text in a scroll area, you would have to use manual components. And for animation, i would most likely guess you would be using actionscripted animation's instead of regular timeline.

mike

[bloogenes]

the previous poster is wrong.. it can be done.
doing a google search will get you the answer!

don't try to mask using the layers...
make your mask into a symbol and name it "mask_mc"

text_clip.setMask(mask_mc);

and voila!

[fancy_menace]

brilliant !

bloo you just saved me from one of those embarassing about-faces in front of a very important client. cheers !