Showing a mask of MovieClip with AS3

Question

Is it possible to display a mask object using AS3?

I have a MovieClip called myMC, then I mask myMC with the MovieClip called myMask. MOVIE_CLIP and MASK are library MovieClips.

var myMC:MovieClip = new MOVIE_CLIP();
var myMask:MovieClip = new MASK();
myMC.mask = myMask;

Of course, myMC won't show.

What I want is that myMC is only displayed in myMask, and not outside it, with myMask reamining visible.

Answer 1

To be quite honest with you, this isn't possible AFAIK. A mask, by definition, is invisible. What you would need is to have the mask be the SHAPE you want, and then have an additional MovieClip that shows whatever visual elements you would have shown on the mask.

Case and point, if you wanted to use a glass-pane graphic as your mask, you would need to have a glass-pane graphic, the mask with the same dimensions, and then the MovieClip you're masking underneath that mask.

I hope that helps.