Macromedia Flash - Newbie Needs Help: How to trim to the the stage?

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Newbie Needs Help: How to trim to the the stage?

Stone Chen

2003-11-27, 6:02 pm

Hi,

Is there anyway to trim off the elements not on a stage, so that even when
I maximize the Flash Player window, only those inside the the stage will
show.

Thanks

Martin Voegeli, vom

2003-11-27, 6:02 pm

Stone Chen wrote:

quote:

> Is there anyway to trim off the elements not on a stage, so that
> even when I maximize the Flash Player window, only those inside the
> the stage will show. Thanks

You could use a mask to hide elements offstage. If you've never used
masks have a look at this webpage:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/f...creating_masks/

One simple and one advanced example for the usage of masks:
http://birdy1976.com/2003/put-on-a-mask.html
http://birdy1976.com/2003/clock-like-mask.html

Best wishes, Martin ;) * http://birdy1976.com/ * ICQ# 237743398

Stone Chen

2003-11-30, 12:41 pm

Thanks, I was going to use mask layers, but I thought it would be too
much work to mask every layers. Turns out I only need a single mask
layer, so it works out just fine.

Thanks

"Martin Voegeli, vom" <MartinVoegeli@gmx.ch> wrote in
news:3FC593DB.D1287811@gmx.ch:

quote:

> Stone Chen wrote:
>
> You could use a mask to hide elements offstage. If you've never used
> masks have a look at this webpage:
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/f...creating_masks/
>
> One simple and one advanced example for the usage of masks:
> http://birdy1976.com/2003/put-on-a-mask.html
> http://birdy1976.com/2003/clock-like-mask.html
>
> Best wishes, Martin ;) * http://birdy1976.com/ * ICQ# 237743398
>