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    FlashPastYourEyes
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    Masking Is Not . . .

    Greetings,

    I read that movies that are embedded as swfs can show objects outside the movie area (in the staging area, so to speak. I created a big-ass white rectangle to cover the staging area AND the movie area. I cover every keyframe and make sure, of course, that this rectangle is in the "Masking" mode. It appears to work fine with my "Play Movie" button, but I still see things that are physically behind the white rectangle once I have embedded my swf in a webpage. The rectangle is set to full viability with no alpha componen in the color dialog box.

    Any suggestions? Got any idea what I am missing? When does a "Mask" not mask, and why (or why not)???

    Also, if someone could direct me to information that i have never been able to find. For example, I open a flv movie on the page and it locates (automatically) on every keyframe. Now, I want to fine-tune the positioning. How can I adjust the placement of this (or any other file) on every keyframe at once, instead of one-key-frame-at-a-time? I would be happy simply being directed to the answer. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

    Happy Holidays - FlashPast

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    KoolMoves Moderator blanius's Avatar
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    Perhaps I don't understand, I just tried this, imported a swf and then applied a mask "smaller" than the full swf I imported and it worked as I expected, I only saw what was within the mask

    Your second question I don't understand at all. What do you mean by the "flv locates automaticaly on every keyframe" ?

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    Put a rectangle over the imported swf and make the rectangle a mask with masking depth 1.

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