Week 4 [2/16/10]

Masking with soft edges

Gradient transform tool

Distribute to layers

Set gradient to radial > select the last color on the gradient map > set alpha to 0% (transparency)

Masks with shapes



Mask multiple imgs at the same time


Size adjustment in properties.

Have the Mask animate across the screen etc. for banner ads.

Using Gradient masks
Change the pictures into a symbol

Give it the instance name (in property)

The gradient masks have to use code instead of lines

gradientcircle_mc.cacheAsBitmap = true;
landscape_mc.cacheAsBitmap = true;
landscape_mc.mask = gradientcircle_mc;

*Check Cache as bigmap in property*

Text
Right click > Break apart
Right click > Distribute to layers

Use gradient over masks
Blending (in properties)

Hw: Photoshopped documents > make some banners