Several concepts and examples of masking and text masking

Concept

Today, there are just 2 posts with questions about masking. This tutorial is about concepts, practices, and examples for today's posts and beginners. Please have a lot of discussion, perhaps some improvement.

Masking (MASK), also known as the Mask, is flash and motion tween, guide layer and other skills are also important flash function, flexible application of him, can make the work richer and more wonderful. Masking (MASK), which shows the masking part, hides the other parts of the technique. The idea is that when 2 layers overlap, the graphic above is shaded, and the following layer (the shaded layer) shows only where it is not obscured. The shading layer, regardless of color, displays only the color of the shaded layer. Whether the shape, graphics, MC and so on, as long as the area can be used as a masking layer. The masked layer can be either 1 or several layers. For example, a flashlight, a searchlight, etc., is a very vivid description of the mask.

Text masking, general static text, as a masking layer, as if the feeling of the words were branded empty, see the following layer, there are often some flash text and so is text masking; static text if the application of a number of special effects, such as projection, it becomes a graphic, masking layer will be the entire graphics, Today, a friend of the post to achieve his text filter effect, is that I speak flash text, the result he has been a special effects of the text when the mask layer, there is no way to achieve. Back and he in QQ communication a bit, finally solved the problem.

A text to cover the steps:

1. Create a new document, 550x400pix, background white, 12 pins/sec

2. Layer 1, double click on the left side of the layer, renamed to the underlying text, and then build Layer 2, renamed to Stick, and then build a layer, renamed as a text layer

3. First to do the underlying text, the first needle into the static text "sparkling" 2 words, official script, 76th Word, black,

4. Copy the bottom text to the top layer, the method is to select the underlying text, press ALT, mouse drag to the text layer of the 1th needle, note that the mouse to appear "+" to be used.

5. At the bottom of the text layer of the 30 pin at the F6 to build a key needle, the same text layer of the 30 layer also build a key needle

6. First lock the text layer and the underlying text, in the bar, the 1th needle to build a white linear gradient effect of the stick, copy one, CTRL + a Select all, transferred to the same level. Build the key needle at 30 pins, select all the Needles, click the right key to build the tween, adjust the position of the 1-pin and 30-pin text appropriately. On the 2 sides of a 2-word sparkle.

7. Right-click the layer text layer to select a mask. We can ctrl+enter the test.

In addition, you can see if you set the text after a special effect, such as projection, animation effects, but also can be set without the underlying text of the animation effect, to deepen the understanding of the mask. Hope to play a role. Can be extrapolate in practice. Attach the source file.

Of course, the shade can have very complex changes. You can also use as to program

Mirror effect

New FLA File

1. Set as follows: Size 55x400, black background. 12FPS

2. The picture layer is set as follows to import a picture of the same size as the scene. Switch to MC1.

3. In the mirror layer, create a new borderless circle, the color itself set, to MC

4. Finally, write the following code on the MC1:

Stage.scalemode = "Noscale";
Mouse.hide ();
Mc1.onenterframe = function () {
This._x + = (_xmouse-this._x) *0.5;
This._y + = (_ymouse-this._y) *0.5;
};

Okay, ctrl+enter, look at this. Download source files