# A gradient mask on an image - possible?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/118949
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**Created:** [August 10, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/118949 "2004-08-10T13:38:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@mediatot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mediatot)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/118949/1 "2004-08-10T13:38:34Z")
Here’s my sob story…
I have two states of the same image, I want to apply a gradient mask on the one to reveal the second.
I found a tutorial on how to add masks to images, and another showing how to add a gradient mask to a line that’s been converted to fills, but is is possible to apply a gradient mask to an image?
(Of course if you say “Yes, it is possible”, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me how 😉 )
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### Author:  [@Prophet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prophet)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/118949/2 "2004-08-10T18:13:01Z")
i wasnt aware you could do ANY kind of gradient mask in flash…
wuld you mind explaining how to do your “gradient mask to a line that’s been converted to fills” with me?
andd then ill tell u how to do a cheap workaround for the lack of gradiented mask support in FMX…
its excessively time consuming but you basically use a pixel gradient like attached…
Prophet.
PS note i havent actually tested this, it is just a theoretical workaround i thought of!
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### Author:  [@2nd\_day](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/2nd_day)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/118949/3 "2004-08-10T19:55:28Z")
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/gradientmask.htm](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/gradientmask.htm)
this should help you trough… i guess a gradient mask to a line converted to fill should work the same…
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### Author:  [@Prophet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prophet)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/118949/4 "2004-08-10T23:33:11Z")
oh if uv got a plain background then yer i gues u could do that…
but i asaumed he wanted to mask it with other things in the area he wants to mask off… but then to assume is to make an \*\*\* out of U and ME right?? 😉
Prophet.
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### Author:  [@mediatot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mediatot)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2004, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/118949/5 "2004-08-19T09:48:46Z")
Most of the examples I’ve found on the net apply gradient masks to solid colours in order to make it look like the image has a gradient mask on it. Since what I want to do is apply a gradient mask to an image so that you can see a background image, this won’t work for me.
I did find a few examples on how to acheive this goal, but they all require manually creating masks of different opacities and applying them all separately. What a hack…
I’m gonna have to wave my little white flag today and hope that the Macromedia boys come up with a solution in a future copy of flash.