# Mask doesn't work when exported? Please help!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-doesnt-work-when-exported-please-help/190908
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 15, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-doesnt-work-when-exported-please-help/190908 "2006-06-15T15:52:36Z")
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### Author: ![UNinspired](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e0b2c6/32.png) [@UNinspired](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/UNinspired)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-doesnt-work-when-exported-please-help/190908/1 "2006-06-15T15:52:36Z")

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Hi guys,

I have a big problem… I’ve done this super long animation and all has been well untill i exported it. The masking worked fine when i preview it by playing the playerhead. But as a swf, the mask just doesn’t show up. The masked area and the masked thing just “disappears”, a blank space replaces the images. This is really fustrating as i have done masking before and this had not happened before. I am hoping that someone has encountered this “bug” before and could tell me how to solve it. I really don’t wish to re-do the whole animation again as it will take a bloody long time. When i view the animation with my playhead, it still works and i can see the masking done… Just when exported, it doesn’t… =[

Many thanks in advance!