Creating a Magnifying Glass effect with Adobe Flash

This short tutorial will show you how to create a magnifying glass effect in Adobe Flash using masks.

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Howto & Style

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• adobe
• tutorial
• flash
• rob
• graham
• learningcraft
• button
• buttons
• masksmultimedia
• macromedia
• cs3

[akane827]

i tried it in ActionScript 3.0 which didn't work, but it was suppose to be in ActionScript 2.0 which does work for this. why is that? what's the difference? what does it mean "stand alone applications"?

[robgraham]

This was designed using ActionScript 2.0 and not 3.0. In this context, 2.0 is still better for application development while 3.0 is prefered for building websites.

[PastaNoose]

IS this with Action script 3.0?

[robgraham]

No, this is ActionScript 2.0 which is still better for creating stand alone applications.

[HBRevolution]

Mark:

This video was created with ActionScript 2.0 as the basis for the code. The errors you're generating tell me that you're using AS 3.0.

[M0C0E]

Rob,

When I try this in Flash CS5 the code you offered throws the following error:

1067: Implicit coercion of a valu of type Boolean to an unrelated type flash.geom:Rectangle.

can you shed any light n this?

thanks,

Mark

[gamealogic]

@robgraham that's all wrong -_______-

AS 2.0 is the second version of Action Script

AS 3.0 Is the newer version ( or in till adobe update)

as 2.0 is made for sites and games

3.0 is for advance games and sites

[cotamin]

THANKS A LOT, I'VE BEEN SEARCHING A MAGNIFIER LKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND THIS ONE IS SIMPLE AND USEFUL , THANKS!!!

[MrFraggleRocky]

Great simple tutorial, cheers. I'm learning the basics so this is exactly what I need.

[Ruluk]

you must make the registration point to be at the center, and not at the upper-left corner as he had it.

[fredrickcw]

Finally! A good tutorial on this magnifying glass stuff :)

Thanks!

[richardesign]

i want to know how to center the cursor into de lens zoom.

[joeffrey02]

Yeah Masking!

hahaha...

thank you very much sir, all your videos are very informative and rich...

ive learned much from your patient, kind and newbie friendly approach...

much appreciated...

really...

thank you, you had and you made a talent outa me!

^^

and

[jasel29]

How did you start off with the magnifying glass screen?