Masking is a technique commonly used in traditional film and video for transition effects. The technique simply hides certain portions of the current image to reveal what is underneath it with a defined pattern.

The pattern is known as a mask and can be as simple as a rectangle or circle. Since masks hide and reveal images in real-time, their forms and shapes can be manipulated so that the transition gives the illusion of depth or 3D effect.

This section contains ActionScript codes to help you generate many popular masking effects with just one click. From a typical page, you can create many variations from a simple base pattern. You can upload your images to this server and create your masking effects. The following masking samples are available:
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This page helps you create a transition effect simulating a number of columns of vertical blinds for a sequence of digital images. This simple but popular technique is commonly used as the window blind column effect in traditional digital video and film.
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This page helps you create a transition effect with a set of diamond-shaped patterns for a sequence up of digital images. The shape changes from its initial diamond geometry into a rectangle or square depending on the dimensions of your image. A transparent border pattern can be specified to enhance the transition.
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This page helps you create a transition effect with a set of circles for a sequence of digital images. This geometric transition effect is very common in traditional digital video and film. Its use can be very effective for web applications to deliver your message and capture attention where space or bandwidth is limited.
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This page helps you create a spinning transition effect for a sequence of digital images. The transition compresses the current image in the horizontal direction to reveal the next image in the sequence. You can choose the spinning direction from left to right, or from right to left, or both.
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This page helps you create a transition effect commonly known in traditional film and video editing as an iris pattern. The iris pattern begins with a small initial opening position from the center of the image and expands to cover the entire picture frame. The next picture is being revealed inside the iris pattern while it is expanding and erasing the current picture. The iris pattern generated on this page is a rectangle.



Text animation is where the Flash technology really shines. Simple techniques such as scaling, moving, and rotating charaters within a text line while changing the transparency setting can create many advanced visual effects and capture the audience attention to your message. Flash can embed any TrueType fonts in its playback file so your viewer can see exactly the graphic design you have in mind on cross-platform browsers.

This section contains ActionScript codes to help you generate many popular text effects with just one click. From a typical page, you can create many variations from a simple base pattern. You can upload your images to this server to use with the text effects. The following text effects are available:

This page helps you create a stylish animation text effect of a text line. The letters are rolling in while being scaled down from an initial large size to form a text line at your specified baseline and font size.

This page helps you create a stylish animation text effect of a text line. The letters are rolling in while being scaled down from an initial large size to form a text line at your specified baseline and font size. Each character is then "popped" back to their original size at a low transparency setting.

This page helps you create a stylish animation text effect of a text line. The letters are of fixed size and are displayed with a light flare. You can choose any color for the light flare as well as control the size and speed of the flare. Towards the end of the animation sequence, both the light flare and the text are stretched horizontally.

This page helps you create a stylish animation text effect of a text line using a movie clip or a still image superimposed on the text surface. The letters are designed as a set of masks to allow the areas covered by the text to show through. This design style is commonly seen in traditional action video and films.

This page helps you create a stylish animation text effect with smoke. The letters are rolling in while being scaled down from an initial large size to form a text line at your specified baseline and font size. A puff of smoke is displayed to simulate the effect of an extinguished explosion. The smoke pattern is initiated at small volume and expands outward.

This page helps you create a stylish animation text effect with a spiral firework pattern. The letters are rolling in while being scaled down from an initial large size to form a text line at your specified baseline and font size. The firework pattern is displayed as rings of blinking stars radiated outward in a spiral fashion. The stars are fading while moving out of the firework center.