# Mask everything off stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-everything-off-stage/56021>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 29, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-everything-off-stage/56021 "2004-06-29T22:32:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![kmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kmax)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-everything-off-stage/56021/1 "2004-06-29T22:32:34Z")

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Hello, anyone know of a tutorial on how to mask everything that is off stage?

I thought all you had to do was…

make a layer on top…  
put a big rectangle on top… and make it the same size as the stage…

then right click that layer… and select mask…

any tips?

thanks  
kj