# Good use of Masking?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 13, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-use-of-masking/219066 "2007-03-13T16:14:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![CypSteel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@CypSteel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CypSteel)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-use-of-masking/219066/1 "2007-03-13T16:14:53Z")

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I am quickly learning flash and ran into this question. My understanding of masks may be off a bit.

I am trying to recreate this banner for my learning process.

[[COLOR=#800080]http://www.kingairinc.com/flash/traneshow.swf[/COLOR]](http://www.kingairinc.com/flash/traneshow.swf)

Looking at the original flash file, it was used with a series of maskes like this one:

[[COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.kingairinc.com/flash/kingshow3.fla[/COLOR]](http://www.kingairinc.com/flash/kingshow3.fla)

To me, it looks like I can do the same thing without the masks like this :

[[COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.kingairinc.com/flash/kingshow2.fla[/COLOR]](http://www.kingairinc.com/flash/kingshow2.fla)

1. Am I missing something here? Was there a reason for using the masks? I definately have a lot to learn about the usage of masking.

2. Also looking at the original flash, it appears they imported the jpg, converted to movie clip symbol, then converted again to a graphic? Is there any reason to nest it like that? In both of my kingshow examples at the top, I just imported the jpg, then converted straight to graphic.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

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