# Animated Masks
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/25154
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 9, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/25154 "2003-07-09T23:12:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@nickel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nickel)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/25154/1 "2003-07-09T23:12:33Z")
\_ Trying to do a similar image masking like this site:
[http://www.jamesgood.net/](http://www.jamesgood.net/)
i’ve made a movie clip with the masking shapes but i can’t seem to get the mask to work…is it possible to use a movie clip to mask an image in flash? Anyone have any suggestions? \_
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/25154/2 "2003-07-10T05:12:05Z")
just make the mask a shape tween
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/25154/3 "2003-07-10T11:00:57Z")
I have tried that but the effect in the link i posted is not possible with movie clips in flash 5…i tried it in MX following a Macromedia tutorial and it still wouldn’t work…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-masks/25154/4 "2003-07-10T15:12:03Z")
no i am saying dont make the movie lcip a tween, make the actualy mask a tween