Hidden point technique to mask an image

[Scott Rossi]

Hi Alejandro:

I'm not clear on what issue you're seeing from your email, but maybe this
stack will help (in your message box):

go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/disconpoints.rev"

You will see the visible portion of the polygon occupies less space than its
real rect, shown by the border (toggle on/off).

I believe the original thread below was a consideration of this technique to
mask images.  A masking example stack is available here:

go url 
"http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/masking_options.rev"

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design





Recently, Alejandro Tejada wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> on May 10, 2010
> Sott Rossi posted
> in the message thread titled:
> "Object is not an image when Crop command"
> -----------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------
> Recently, JosepM wrote:
> 
>> I understand you but I don't know the
>> "hidden point" technique :)
>> Where add a space in the polygon's list?
> 
> A polygon is derived from a list of points,
> one per line: 
> 
> 23,181 
> 42,190 
> 36,195 
> 23,181 
> 
> Adding an empty line between points in the list
> adds an invisible point to the polygon that changes
> the polygon's dimensions without adding to the fill
> or stroke of the polygon.
> 
> 5,181 
> 
> 23,181 
> 42,190 
> 36,195 
> 23,181 
> 
> Using this technique, one could establish the
> *physical* topleft of a polygon to occur at
> one location while the *visible* topleft of the
> polygon occurs at a different location.
> -----------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> Recently, i tried to use this technique, but the
> polygon graphic get filled in the wrong places
> and the selection area of the graphic grows
> too much.
> 
> Probably the wrong fill is a side effect of applying
> the new property named fillRule:
> http://docs.runrev.com/Property/fillRule
> 
> I will be very grateful if some of you could post
> a stack that demostrate this technique and test
> the fillRule property with this background
> filled polygon graphic.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Al