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Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
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Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Katherine Ulrich
December 2008
Beginner
592 pages
25h 37m
English
Peachpit Press
Content preview from Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
Working with Mask Layers
Chapter 6
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Figure 6.28 To defi ne a layer as a mask, choose Mask
from the contextual menu for layers.
Figure 6.29 The mask-layer icon imitates the masking
effect with a dark mask shape over a checkerboard
pattern. Masked layers are indented and have
a checkerboard pattern on the layer icon in the
Timeline, indicating that the layer is masked.
Working with Mask Layers
Mask layers are special layers that let you hide
and show elements on underlying layers.
In the  nal movie, shapes on the Mask layer
become holes that let items on linked layers
show through.
To create a mask layer:
1.
Do either of the following:
Create a new ...
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