# A gradient mask on an image - possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [August 10, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/60513 "2004-08-10T13:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mediatot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@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/60513/1 "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 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/60513/2 "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! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/60513/3 "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… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/60513/4 "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. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/60513/5 "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. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/60513/6 "2004-08-29T13:24:58Z")
just add a normal mask, and then the gradient in the shape of the mask on a seperat layer above it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-gradient-mask-on-an-image-possible/60513/7 "2004-08-29T13:36:59Z")
wont work. he wants a gradient of an image from alpha 100 to alpha 0 and he doesnt have solid backgrounds… he wants an image (background) to show through Prophet.