# How can I mask as mask?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-mask-as-mask/164546>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 2, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-mask-as-mask/164546 "2005-10-02T17:22:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![coertli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@coertli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coertli)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-mask-as-mask/164546/1 "2005-10-02T17:22:50Z")

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This might be a silly question, but I can’t figure out how to mask a masked layer. Is this even possible to do.

Thanks for the help  
Clifton