Masks not working, producing strange results?...

Hello, I'm having problems with an animated mask.
I have a leg graphic (contains 3 tweened leg pieces), and then a gradient.
In the editor they behave how they should, properly masking the leg. However
the SWF output produces some crazy results shown below:
I've tried setting both as movieclips, using the "Layer" blend mode on the leg, using leg.mask = legMask;
but whatever I try produces the exact same result.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

It sounds like you've applied the Blur filter to the mask instead of the object the Mask is applied to.
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GROUP
     Footage copy
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     Footage copy
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vesselid : 3140 obstime : 2005-08-28 12:00:00 long : -80.6 lat : 44.6
vesselid : 1253 obstime : 2005-08-22 09:00:00 long : -80.0 lat : 45.3
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714915 -210.85408 -79.74449 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-79.74449, -210.85408, NULL), NULL, NULL)
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Hi Carol,
1) I think the results are correct. Note in a geodetic coordinate system adjacent points in a linestring or polygon are connected via geodesics. You are probably applying planar thinking to an ellipsoidal problem! I don't have time to do the full analysis right now, but a first guess is that is what is happening.
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mathscriptsmagic8.jpg ‏143 KB

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