Question
Dynamic mask not working on dynamically placed image
Ok, Here is what's going on. I have one container movie with
two other movies loading into it via empty movie clips- let's call
them movA and movB. I want to click a button from movB that loads
an image (dynamically) into movB and masks the image once it is
loaded...
on movA, I have the following frame action:
// movie clip for mask
this.attachMovie("swatch1", "thumbHolder", 40,{_x:985, _y:885.9});
this.attachMovie("swatch1", "thumbMask", 50,{_x:985, _y:885.9});
thumbHolder.setMask(thumbMask);
on movB, I have the following code on a button:
// load logo .gif into holder with masking
on(release) {
_root.movA.thumbHolder.loadMovie("logo.gif");
_root.movA.thumbHolder.setMask(_root.movA.thumbMask);
}
Right now, the image is being loaded into the correct place, but the movie clip ("thumbMask") is only showing up on top of the image without doing any masking... I heard that maybe the image needs to be "fully" loaded before the mask can be called, but i'm not exactly sure how to do this unless I add a preloader- which am trying to avoid.
Any help would be much appreciated!!!
on movA, I have the following frame action:
// movie clip for mask
this.attachMovie("swatch1", "thumbHolder", 40,{_x:985, _y:885.9});
this.attachMovie("swatch1", "thumbMask", 50,{_x:985, _y:885.9});
thumbHolder.setMask(thumbMask);
on movB, I have the following code on a button:
// load logo .gif into holder with masking
on(release) {
_root.movA.thumbHolder.loadMovie("logo.gif");
_root.movA.thumbHolder.setMask(_root.movA.thumbMask);
}
Right now, the image is being loaded into the correct place, but the movie clip ("thumbMask") is only showing up on top of the image without doing any masking... I heard that maybe the image needs to be "fully" loaded before the mask can be called, but i'm not exactly sure how to do this unless I add a preloader- which am trying to avoid.
Any help would be much appreciated!!!
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