Masking unwanted objects when publishing a .swf

Hi
I maybe missing the point or simply not ticking a tick box, but can someone help me please?
I've created a web banner for one of my publications that I work on (please find at the following address http://images.samedanltd.com/gsky/images/GreenSky_160x600.swf). As you can see I have some aircraft flying away from the tree at the bottom, what I would like to happen that they dissappear  when they pass the keyline. I had thought that if I continued the animation onto the pasteboard that when it came to publishing, flash would ignore items this grey area and would act as a trim, am I correct in thinking this? How would I go about correct this so that only the animation within the set parameters appear?
Also is there a way of setting the scale of a flash banner? I have a feeling that this is so simple, but just can't find the panel to set it all.
Many thanks
Jean-Philippe

Hi Jean Philippe,
You need to mask it out.
Just start a new layer.
Change the properties of that layer to mask.
On that layer draw a rectangle, the same size (dimensions) as your fla.
Rverything under the mask layer will be seen. Stuff outside the mask boundaries will be invisible.
Hope that helps
Ranten

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