# Masking effect with .jpeg

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-effect-with-jpeg/746>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 29, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-effect-with-jpeg/746 "2002-07-29T02:15:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![strider213](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@strider213](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/strider213)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-effect-with-jpeg/746/1 "2002-07-29T02:15:13Z")

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Please check out the following link

[CLICK HERE](http://www.simplethoughts.com/blurtext.htm)

Now that’s a masking effect right? I know how to do it with static text? But if you zoom in…you could obviously see the pixelated text (meaning it’s a jpeg).

How was this effect done?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-effect-with-jpeg/746/2 "2002-07-29T02:30:05Z")

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I am sure there are a few ways of doing this…

here’s a possibility, 'cause Im not sure it was a mask (but it couldhave been).

text blurred (phothoshop or your favorite)  
a white rectangle (feathered and blurred) ABOVE the text and moving in a loop OVER the text. No need for a mask if you’re gonna do it that way.