Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha Masking Weirdness

2006-05-24 Thread Marcelo Volmaro
ainClass = new Main(rootMC); } } End test 3- On Tue, 23 May 2006 23:31:45 -0300, Nehal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I already reported that to MM (with very simple and small test cases) Can you share test case? Neh -----Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

RE: [Flashcoders] Alpha Masking Weirdness

2006-05-23 Thread Nehal
ct: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha Masking Weirdness Indeed, it´s a buggy flash player behavior. When you mix TextFields with Masks and FX, all goes wrong. It has nothing to do with MTASC. I already reported that to MM (with very simple and small test cases) Maybe in the next update? Or maybe we need to wait for

Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha Masking Weirdness

2006-05-23 Thread Rifled Cloaca
Yeah, I was sure MTASC was fine... I was more thinking it was the combination of the two. Thanks for the info. The entire system I am building is based on Masking text (a signage system), so this is a real problem. I guess i'll have to wait on using filters. Thanks again, -g On 5/23/06, Marc

Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha Masking Weirdness

2006-05-23 Thread Marcelo Volmaro
Indeed, it´s a buggy flash player behavior. When you mix TextFields with Masks and FX, all goes wrong. It has nothing to do with MTASC. I already reported that to MM (with very simple and small test cases) Maybe in the next update? Or maybe we need to wait for the V9 player. On Tue, 23 May 2

Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha Masking Weirdness

2006-05-23 Thread Rifled Cloaca
I've embedded the font, naturally. I'm getting extremely buggy behavior. Sometimes the textfield will appear partially... only the right half of the textfield, but most of the time, not at all. At one point, I found that removing the dropshadow filter from the textfield, and then adding it back

Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha Masking Weirdness

2006-05-22 Thread Vivek lakhanpal
Try embedding font for the textfield. Thanks, Vivek On 5/23/06, Rifled Cloaca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All, I'm masking a MovieClip with an alpha mask using cacheAsBitmap. The MovieClip has a dynamic text field inside it that I populate at a later time. When I play the movie, the area whe

[Flashcoders] Alpha Masking Weirdness

2006-05-22 Thread Rifled Cloaca
All, I'm masking a MovieClip with an alpha mask using cacheAsBitmap. The MovieClip has a dynamic text field inside it that I populate at a later time. When I play the movie, the area where the textfield is remains empty. If I drag the corner of the player to resize the movie, the text magicall