Layer Mask Function ?

[VIDI]

Is there in xara a Layer Mask function ?

like this in Draw Plus



or Flash

[gwpriester]

What are you trying to do?

You can select individual objects. And you can apply a mask for photo editing. So it depends on which Xara product and what you want to use the layer mask for.

[VIDI]

What are you trying to do?

I need it for make rollable eyes in Crazy Talk Animator . CTA is a 2D Animation Tool, or rather, a tool to make 2D Sprites character to animate it with 3D Motions, like motion capture.

CTA hasn't drawing tools, like toonboom or Anime Studio, so the content must be imported from a GafikTool.

With Flash and Draw Plus it is easy peasy but, I want achieve it to do in xara, because it would very nice to make a CTA Character Template for xara User.

Here are the Guides for the both another applications.

Draw Plus

Flash

[pauland]

Perhaps you can give an example as to why the mask is useful?

For the examples that I've seen, the shapes can be easily drawn and I can't see why a mask helps.

I understand completely the use of a mask layer - I've used that for years in Flash - but I wouldn't use it for anything that you've shown.

I must be missing something.

[VIDI]

Perhaps you can give an example as to why the mask is useful?

For the examples that I've seen, the shapes can be easily drawn and I can't see why a mask helps.

rollable eyes

scroll down in the 2.Link to the bottom and press the play Button
That show you , with the mask information in this swf file, a puppet function with the mouse in CTA

[gwpriester]

Would it help if you could create the SWF rolling eyes in Xara?

[VIDI]

Would it help if you could create the SWF rolling eyes in Xara?

That is exactly why ask I here for Layer mask.

I want create a swf with mask informationen in xara , like I can do in Draw Plus or Flash. Not all User have Flash or Draw Plus.

I want find a way, how can I can do the same in xara .

I have made a video to explain it better . It is the procedure in Flash , but I want it do in xara.

I hope you understand now ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAk-...ature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAk-...ature=youtu.be

[pauland]

OK, so basically Reallusion is inspecting the swf and is able to manipulate the named MovieClips inside the swf.

Unfortunately, Xara doesn't have an equivalent mask layer, so you can't have the pupil being dragged around and clipped by another MovieClip.

I don't have access to Xara right now - I'm not even sure you can create named MovieClips that Reallusion could manipulate.

[VIDI]

Unfortunately, Xara doesn't have an equivalent mask layer, so you can't have the pupil being dragged around and clipped by another MovieClip.

That is a pitty, Draw Plus is cheaper and can do this.

[steve.ledger]

That is a pitty, Draw Plus is cheaper and can do this.

There's your best answer right there