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Cameron Dias blurry glass mask effect
In this flash tutorial we will make a great masking effect and apply it to an image of Cameron Dias, just have a look at the final result below.
So lets get started, first import an image of Cameron Dias to the stage, Now make a new layer on in the layers panel and copy the image of Cameron Dias so now we have to layers.
With the top layer selected, select and convert the image of Cameron Dias to a movie clip, then go to the filters panel and give it a blur filter as shown below.
Now make one last layer above the two other layers we have made, in this layer draw a big black circle, convert it into a movie clip and give it an instance name, I named mine "mouse_mask".
Now we just need to type in a few actionscript lines, so just copy and past these lines into the actionscript panel on the main stage.
Mouse.hide();
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameHandler);
// function to make the circle follow the mouse
function enterFrameHandler(event:Event):void {
mouse_mask.x = mouseX;
mouse_mask.y = mouseY;
}