Mask with other movieclip

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July 23, 2017
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Hi

I have already made a mask. I want it to look like a magnifying glass. How can I make the handle and the mask move together?

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Correct answer Colin Holgate

I tried that but the bigger picture inside is a still picture when I put the movieclip in the scene

You would select the bigger picture, convert to symbol as MovieClip (F8), then give the movieclip a name that can be used to control it with code.

Are you able to upload what you have so far? It might be quicker to fix what's wrong than to make a whole demo file for you.

Colin Holgate

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One tricky part would be the moving around of the close up version of the image. It too would be in the same movieclip, and masked by the mask layer. As you move the whole movieclip around the stage you could make the close up image also be a movieclip, and you would move that in the opposite direction. The illusion would be that the close up isn't moving.

There are a lot of YouTube videos on how to make a magnifier effect. Do a search for:

how to do a magnifier in flash

that will show up quite a few.

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unnurbragaAuthor

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I can not find any instructions on how to make mask with the handle

Colin Holgate

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The rim, handle, and mask would all be inside one movieclip. You then move that movieclip around the stage.

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unnurbragaAuthor

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I have tried to make a movieclip with the handle and the mask,but the handle also becomes the mask.

Colin Holgate

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The movieclip that includes the handle and the mask, that you drag around, would not be in a mask layer. Inside that movieclip the rim and handle would not be a mask layer, or masked, it would be on top. The mask layer would be the glass part of the magnifier, and under that mask layer would be the close up of the image you're trying to see.