# Complex Masking

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-masking/164209>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 29, 2005, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-masking/164209 "2005-09-29T09:51:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![themos](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/themos/32/503_2.png) [@themos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/themos)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complex-masking/164209/1 "2005-09-29T09:51:55Z")

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Howdy all.  
Does anyone know if its possible to use a movieclip (or graphic) with multiple layers as a mask?  
Say I want to do a complex masking animation (e.g. [monkeehub’s creep video](http://www.monkeehub.com/)) it would be really useful if I could use more than one layer to animate the mask.

A puzzler and no mistake…