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matthewdee
Inspiring
November 6, 2016
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AH, I knew it. masks done in .fla do not export in Canvas

  • November 6, 2016
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Created an animation in AS3.0 .fla using Animate CC. I have a mask inside of a symbol in the animation which of course works fine exported to swf but when I publish to Canvas the mask is not there. I looked into the new .fla file Canvas  produced and I see there is no layer mask and I see the message in the output

WARNINGS:

** 2 Bitmaps packed successfully into 1 spritesheet(s).

Frame numbers in EaselJS start at 0 instead of 1. For example, this affects gotoAndStop and gotoAndPlay calls. (5)

Can Canvas export working masks?

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    Correct answer Colin Holgate

    The thing that is not supported is "Feature not supported: Multiframe symbols in masks."

    You can have masking going on inside a movieclip, but the mask itself cannot be a multi frame movieclip.

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    Ahlam28180663om1a
    Participant
    January 31, 2023

    WARNINGS:

    ** 2 Bitmaps packed successfully into 1 spritesheet(s).

    Frame numbers in EaselJS start at 0 instead of 1. For example, this affects gotoAndStop and gotoAndPlay calls. (5)

     

     

    • Can Canvas export working masks?

    kglad
    Community Expert
    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 31, 2023

    yes.

    Colin Holgate
    Colin Holgate
    Inspiring
    November 6, 2016

    Layer masks should work. If the layer that was a mask is no longer a mask, try making it be a mask again.

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      matthewdeeAuthor
      Inspiring
      November 6, 2016

      Thats exactly what I did and it did work BUT the mask was originally in a movie clip and that clip was originally moving from side to side on the main timeline.

      So like I write , do I have to animate all the layers within the mask on the main timeline or is there another way?

      Colin Holgate
      Colin HolgateCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      November 6, 2016

      The thing that is not supported is "Feature not supported: Multiframe symbols in masks."

      You can have masking going on inside a movieclip, but the mask itself cannot be a multi frame movieclip.

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      matthewdeeAuthor
      Inspiring
      November 6, 2016

      Ah now I read that you need to only use masks on the main timeline which I did and it works but the mask and other parts of that animation needs to be inside a movie clip symbol which is where it was. So am I forced to recreate what the movie clip symbol did I have to create the moment on the main timeline?

      for instance inside movie clip has a mask - movie clip animates from side to side on main  timeline ORIGINAL

      now for Canvas

      place elements of movie clip on main  timeline and animate this elements from side to side on main timeline?

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