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Using mask to animate drawing a line

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Hi all,

I understand this youtube tutorial "https://youtu.be/252kA6UkhMo" is from years ago. I'm tyring to implement the concept of masking to animate drawing a dotted line in animate 2023. It works in the editor but when I go back to the main scene timeline and lock the mask and the layer below it, they both disappear. Also, when I play the animation on the browser, all I get is white blank page. Please see attached youtube video, the video I recorded and the screenshot.

Thank you.

Adobe_Animate_Masking-what_I'm_trying_to_achieve.zip

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I reached out to @n. tilcheff for assistance. I sent him the file and explained the issue, within less than 30 minutes he sent me the file back with the solution. Then I asked for additional features which he incorporated into the file and sent back to me. I can't remember how many days I spent researching this issue to no avail. I'm glad I checked this forum.

Thank you @n. tilcheff for your time and help. Also, thank you to everyone else here who spent the time trying to help me. I would never have figured this out myself.

I'm uploading the file to OneDrive so others can benefit in case they run into similar situation.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Avs44aXT6IfpgbZyCdPKTx-lBjtTQw?e=WzJ4i1

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fadia77241875AuthorCorrect answer

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I reached out to @n. tilcheff for assistance. I sent him the file and explained the issue, within less than 30 minutes he sent me the file back with the solution. Then I asked for additional features which he incorporated into the file and sent back to me. I can't remember how many days I spent researching this issue to no avail. I'm glad I checked this forum.

Thank you @n. tilcheff for your time and help. Also, thank you to everyone else here who spent the time trying to help me. I would never have figured this out myself.

I'm uploading the file to OneDrive so others can benefit in case they run into similar situation.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Avs44aXT6IfpgbZyCdPKTx-lBjtTQw?e=WzJ4i1

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sergiopop75

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You can use shapes and shape tweening using the shape tips.

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____2D vector animator since 2000 & PhD

line_points.zip

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fadia77241875Author

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Thank you!!

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Nick Gioia

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it looks like you're using motion tween. It would help if you tried using Classic tween like he is the tutorial/

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fadia77241875Author

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He is using motion tween at 4:49.

Thanks.

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kglad

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again, do you have a multiframe object in your mask layer?

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kglad

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what do you see when testng in animate?

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fadia77241875Author

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Thank you for the response.

When inside the symbol editor it works "as per the video I uploaded" but when in the main scene timeline, once I lock both layers, they dissapear. Would you like me to send you the file?

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kglad

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again, what do you see when testing in animate, control>test movie>in animate (as3)/in browser (canvas).

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