# Is it possible to add a "glow filter" to a mask?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-glow-filter-to-a-mask/223922>\
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**Created:** [April 26, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-glow-filter-to-a-mask/223922 "2007-04-26T20:00:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![manovotny](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/manovotny/32/750_2.png) [@manovotny](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manovotny)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-glow-filter-to-a-mask/223922/1 "2007-04-26T20:00:20Z")

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what i wanna do seems simple (in my mind at least)…

i have an image that’s being masked by a circle movieclip. what i wanna do it add a glow filter to the circle/mask so that what you’d see is the image through the circle mask and the circle mask has a slight glow around it.

is that even possible?! can a mask even have a filter on it?!

thoughts?!

: : michael