Flash Interactive Eraser

[glove]

does any1 know how to do a flash interactive eraser?
it's something like the other flash paint programs,but unlike those programs i have found so far,they only have a button for erasing the whole screen...
i need a flash program that uses an interactive eraser tool...
i am thinking of the concept of masking...is it...?

[Yeldarb]

no, if it was masking, you wouldn't be able to draw there again. i think it would have to be drawing in the background color, maybe...

[grandsp5]

yeah. you could cheat and use the drawing api to draw a large white line on a higher depth. It would look like it was erasing when all it was doing was drawing a white line.

[mlk]

can't you draw inside a mask mc ?

[awligon]

wouldn't you need the mask's inverse as you were erasing?

[grandsp5]

doing it with masks could get very complicated if not downright impossible. You would have to mask the background color and it would get messy real fast. drawing in white is probably the easiest way.

[awligon]

exactly, I almost had a siezure trying to think of how you would even use a mask. You could do it if you were like... aw, forget it. Draw WHITE! ghetto rig that thing!

[glove]

well,yah,i think it'd better be drawing in white...
could any post a sample file here?
i'd like to gather diff concepts and experiment with it...thanx

[glove]

any1 hav any ideas on the interactive eraser?
i did one,but it consumes a lot of pc resources...bcos of the 'duplicateMovieClip' thing...it keeps on drawing the mc again and again

[Voetsjoeba]

There is a thread that is nearly a perfect copy of your question. I'm sure you'll find it using the search button :)