Some help (masking, cursor, more)

I really need some help with my flash. It is Flash 8, by the way.

Masking: What is it? Some tuts that I looekd at didn't help. How do I do it?

Cursor: I want to make a cursor like a crosshair, but over 30 or 50 frames, the lines move outward, then suddenly move back to their orginal spot. HOW DO I DO THIS!?! I have the cursor code, and I can make movie clips and all. But then when I try to make it move, it doesn't work. Maybe I have the wrong code (maybe it's for static cursors) or something. Help?

Cursor II: Is there a code so it changes color to the speed of the movement? Like if someone is typing fast, the cursor is red. Slow, blue. Same with actually moving the cursor. If the person just moved it across the screen quickly, it is red. If they highlight stuff and move the cursor under the words (i.e. reading), the cursor is blue.
If yo ugive me a code I want the stationary color to be green. And make it fade.

Blurring: How do I make a tween where the text goes from 0 blur (X and Y) to 100 blur (X and Y), but in a stationary tween? I just do keyframe,then set the blurs for each one. Still doesn't work.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I really appreciate it.

NOTE: The cursor speed and cursor lines moving need to be seprate. Thanks again!

Check the flashkit tutorial/movie section for examples and check the Flash help files. Put in the keywords you are using here.

to replace the mouse with your own cursor, use this code for your movieclip cursor.

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
Mouse.hide();
this._x = _root._xmouse;
this._y = _root._ymouse;
}

for the color, i would suggest using two cursors - one that is on top of the other. so the stationary color (green) is on top of the other color. then fade the alpha of the top one however you like.

http://www.tutorialized.com/search.p...g&id=5&x=6&y=3

i use this site for tutorials... admittedly i've never looked at flashkit's tutorials, they might be better.

and i've never tried doing a blurring effect like that.