MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH, Tutorials Manual

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4.
In the Timeline, drag the Road layer to the Mask layer, placing it below
the Car layer.
The mask layer and the layers it masks are automatically locked.
5.
To view the mask effect, select Control > Test Movie.
6.
When you finish viewing the mask effect, close the SWF file window to
return to your document.
Add a guide layer
So far you’ve learned about regular layers and mask layers. The third type
of layer is a guide layer. You use guide layers to hold content that you don’t
want to appear in your published or exported file. For example, you could
place instructions to others working on your document on a guide layer. As
you take lessons in Flash, you’ll notice that many of the lesson FLA files
contain placeholders, which indicate where to place a Stage object, on
guide layers. You’ll create a guide layer now.
1.
In the Timeline, select the Background layer and click Insert Layer to
create a layer.
2. Name the new layer Notes, and press Enter (Windows) or Return
(Macintosh).
3.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the Notes layer
and select Guide from the context menu.
An icon next to the layer name indicates that the layer is a guide layer.
4.
With the Notes layer still selected, click the Text tool in the Tools panel.
Then, in the area of the Stage above the car and road, enter
Production
note: Animation with no stop (); actions loop by default .
5. Save your document and select Control > Test Movie.
No content that you added to the guide layer appears in the SWF file
window.
6.
When you finish viewing the SWF file, close the window to return to
the document.