Animate -Masking -BASIC

FLASH - Masking Techniques -Start with the BASIC masking tutorial

POST

1. a screen shot of your project from within ANIMATE CC
2. an animate GIF
3. an embedded SWF file using a link from your DROPBOX

Do the tutorial then another to show your skill and a third with 2 scenes and sound effects.

The following tutorial constitutes 3 separate ANIMATE projects =  separate SWF posts

masking Tutorial

Here is the CODE for the startButton: Paste this on the ACTIONS layer. First make the Actions layer - then press F9 - paste the code -  Your button's INSTANCE name needs to be: startButton

stop();

function playMovie(event:MouseEvent):void
{
play();
}

startButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playMovie);


this could be helpful to stop sounds from going on and on...

Animate CC stop all sound

SoundMixer.stopAll();

1 . Basic Mask

A screen shot from ANIMATE CC

Exported as an ANIMATED GIF - here the MASK does NOT work

Below is an embedded SWF file
the MASK and button function

Here is the CODE for embedding a SWF file from inside DROPBOX

to Post the shockwave flash movie

Upload the SWF file to Dropbox
Copy the share link
Go to the HTML section of your post
copy the following code then replace the SCR="" with your link

replace the "www" in your link with "dl"
also remove the s from https://
also delete everything after the .swf                                 

copy the following code  - then make the changes above:

<embed src="paste dropbox link between quotes" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="300" width="300"></embed>

2 interacting masks - 'image' is the same

Multiple object in mask

animated gif