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Subject:	RE: FLASH: FLASH - Tweening a line
From:	Byron Canfield
Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:07:25 GMT

Just an addendum. Make sure the rectangle you use for the masked is a
filled rectangle (you can delete the outline) because outlines will not
work for masks; fills only (color is unimportant as it is ignored).

At 01:47 AM 1/29/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Angel,
>
>Probably the best way of doingthis is as follows, use a mask layer. In layer
>1 you draw your line (make it a symbol) . In layer 2 you draw a rectangle
>that covers the line (make sure that it is filled ) and make that a symbol
>too . You now have two layers with one symbol each in it . The top layer
>with the rectangular box in it will become the mask . To make it a mask ,
>click on the triangle next to the layer name (layer 2) Select mask . You now
>have a mask covering the line . All you need to do now is to move the
>rectangle on the stage: say 10 frames down you insert a keyframe, and move
>the symbol to the right until it no longer covers the line. Click on frame 1
>and add motion tweening. Voila, you now will see the line appear gradually
>when you push test movie .
>
>If this is what you wanted, but have more questions, mail me personally, I
>will gladly make a small .fla for you and mail it to you.
>
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Ben
>
> Subject: FLASH: FLASH - Tweening a line
>>
>>
>> Hi --
>>
>> This is a really dense question, and I apologize. I've been trying to do
>> something really simple, and it's just not happening. How do I
>> have a line
>> grow, from one side of the screen to another? I assumed it would go as
>> follows: 1. draw the first line segment 2. At the point where
>> I want the
>> line to be its complete length, insert a keyframe and scale the
>> line to its
>> maximum size. 3. Motion tween.
>>
>> It doesn't work, though. All I get is a lot of frames of the short
>> segment, and the large segment just pops up when it reaches that frame.
>> Yes, I have tween scaling checked. What in the world am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Angel

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Byron Canfield, Canfield Studios (http://www.byronc.com)
President, Seattle Coreldraw Artists Network (http://www.corelsea.org)

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