Masking question

[Scot Solida]

Bear with me... I am quite new to this. Try as I might, I can't work out how to do something I'd like to do. Here's the thing...

I have a sort of viewscreen on an articulated arm. This is all in a bone group. There is a background layer under this. What I want to do is use an imported movie file (which is rectangular) and have that appear on the screen. Trouble is, the screen is round. So if I put my movie layer where it ought to be (in the middle of this very complex bone group), the whole rectangular thing shows. I need to "crop" it to a round shape. I figure this is a job for masking... but try as I might, I can't figure out how to make it work - despite all of the excellent tutorials I have viewed on the subject.

[Scot Solida]

Never mind! I got it. Absurdly simple. Just took a while to grok.

[sbtamu]

You could always use the movie as an image texture to a round shape. I am not at my computer right now so I can not confirm if the audio will import also. You can always rip the sound from the movie and import it and sync it up.

[Scot Solida]

Ah, that's a good idea... I had no idea you could do that! Nope, no audio on the clip. It's very short, just an image showing on the animated viewer. Now that I have it masked as it ought to be, it's looking pretty cool. I'm really digging this stuff!