# Masking mayhem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 7, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905 "2003-08-07T20:02:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![worm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/worm/32/235_2.png) [@worm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/worm)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/1 "2003-08-07T20:02:32Z")

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i have to movies on my stage and i used the following code to get a masking effect. the problem is im not seeing anything when i preview the movie.

image.setMask(mask);

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/2 "2003-08-07T20:09:26Z")

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The code was correct, so I tried filling the border in the mask movieclip and bam, it worked. It seems that the border was too thin to be set as a mask or something. I hope this is what you wanted.

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/3 "2003-08-07T20:13:26Z")

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If you just want the border, highlight the lines and go to Modify\>Shape\>Convert Lines to Fills.

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/4 "2003-08-07T20:18:24Z")

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Hey, that’s useful Kax =) Question:  
You can only set fills as mask using setMask ?

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/5 "2003-08-07T20:19:55Z")

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what i wanted was to have the yellow border around the image showing.

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/6 "2003-08-07T20:24:51Z")

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- worm  
See attachment.

- Voetsjoeba  
Yeah, I think so. :-\

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/7 "2003-08-07T20:27:50Z")

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thanke mang. but it makes no sense u fixed the problem without explainin what u did exactly. so…uhm…could u tell me what u did exactly. thanx alot.

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/8 "2003-08-07T20:30:28Z")

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It seemed pretty obvious to me, sorry.

I just inserted a new layer and placed the outline on it. 😛  
**quickEDIT.** I forgot something… I also filled the rectangle in the mask MovieClip.

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/9 "2003-08-07T20:40:32Z")

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oh thanx.

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-mayhem/27905/10 "2003-08-07T20:43:21Z")

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No problem. 😉