Peter, > when > you build the swf, the one on the left has a big block of the masked > object > showing for no reason. The glitch in the mask corresponds to certain stroke elements. In the case of your example: the strokes that form a 'Y' (to put it delicately) and that do not conform to the shape of the fill. > This is sort of a bug in flash, but I can't have been the first person to > notice it. Does anyone have any idea how we caused it? Is it just that > flash can only support masks that are simple flat color fills? > > If it's the latter, I have a follow up question, can anyone think of a > clever way to take the movieclips we are using and convert them into > monotone fills of the same exact dimensions First: Create a separate set of movieclips with the strokes intact to use as the overlays. Then for the masks: Change the stroke color to be the same as the fill, then do Modify>Shape>Convert Lines to Fills
I don't really know, but there may be a way to do at least some of the above with JSFL. That would be the clever part. Regards, -Keith http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
