How to make a mask border

I just started using flash again for the first time in years and it has changed a lot. I was not very good at it when I was using it back when but I just made a little animation and I need to make a mask border around the canvas. I have multiple layers and folders and I want it all masked so that you can not see anything outside the canvas. Can anyone help me with this. And Please talk like you are talking to a retard cause I am not to far off right now.

if you're doing this in the authoring environment (as opposed to using actionscript), create a rectangular fill with width x height = stage width x stage height in a new layer above all other layers. right click that layer and click mask.
now, with every layer in your project that's not indented below the mask layer, left click on the layer and slowly drag upwards a few pixels until you see a hatched line segment between the layer you're dragging and the layer above. then release the layer and it should be indented indicating it will be masked.

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me.isPopupTrigger());
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          return true;
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* in the DefaultTreeSelectionModel.
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     protected boolean updatingListSelectionModel;
     public ListToTreeSelectionModelWrapper() {
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     public void resetRowSelection() {
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          try {
          super.resetRowSelection();
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     // updatingListSelectionModel is true, it implies the
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     * selection model.
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          updatingListSelectionModel = true;
          try {
          // This is way expensive, ListSelectionModel needs an
          // enumerator for iterating.
          int min = listSelectionModel.getMinSelectionIndex();
          int max = listSelectionModel.getMaxSelectionIndex();
          clearSelection();
          if(min != -1 && max != -1) {
               for(int counter = min; counter <= max; counter++) {
               if(listSelectionModel.isSelectedIndex(counter)) {
                    TreePath selPath = tree.getPathForRow
                    (counter);
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                    addSelectionPath(selPath);
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          updatingListSelectionModel = false;
     * Class responsible for calling updateSelectedPathsFromSelectedRows
     * when the selection of the list changse.
     class ListSelectionHandler implements ListSelectionListener {
     public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
          updateSelectedPathsFromSelectedRows();

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Hi!
Is there someone out there who knows how to make a brush similar to this? I've been trying to figure it out for several hours now, but nothing works!
Daniel

Sorry but you aren't going to get something that looks like that from a pressure sensitive brush in Illustrator.
The colors and groupings of blocks are too random to be a repeating pattern (a simple one, anyway) and the order is too consistent to be something like a scatter brush. That said, you *can* do this with a brush but it won't be pressure sensitive and it will require a degree of setup.
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Group everything and then go up to Effect> 3D> Rotate
Set your X, Y, And Perspective parameters to taste. Keep the Z axes (the blue one) at zero:
Go to Object> Expand Appearance You'll notice that Illustrator has put a clipping mask around your squares (transparent rectangle) Delete it.
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Now you can select that brush and paint with it though you'll get better results by stroking a path you've drawn with the pen tool:
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