# Alpha Masking error when loading into empty movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-masking-error-when-loading-into-empty-movieclip/238462>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 11, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-masking-error-when-loading-into-empty-movieclip/238462 "2007-09-11T15:28:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![buckcee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@buckcee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/buckcee)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-masking-error-when-loading-into-empty-movieclip/238462/1 "2007-09-11T15:28:13Z")

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Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the alpha masking.  
It works perfectly fine in stand alone but when I load it into empty  
movieclip in different fla, somehow, masking does not work.  
Did anyone have this problem before? Are there any solutions to this?  
Thank you!