# Masking/movieclip issue

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-movieclip-issue/73112>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 13, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-movieclip-issue/73112 "2004-12-13T05:26:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![tenaciousDarren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@tenaciousDarren](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tenaciousDarren)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-movieclip-issue/73112/1 "2004-12-13T05:26:50Z")

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Issue: I have a image that is masked to only reveal square piece of the image. This image in turn is within a movieclip. the image that I am masking cannot be sliced. The movieclip that the image is in is part of a hitTest action. What is happening is the whole image within the movieclip is being detected with the hitTest of the movieclip. Is there a way to have only the masked square area of the image withing the movieclip be the hitarea instead of the whole image being part of the hitarea?