# Masking Problem - Glint

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-problem-glint/26738>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 25, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-problem-glint/26738 "2003-07-25T20:33:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Spirit\_Z3RO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Spirit\_Z3RO](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Spirit_Z3RO)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-problem-glint/26738/1 "2003-07-25T20:33:06Z")

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can somone tell me why it goes black and all? And if you have time and bored outta ur mind, fix it?

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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 25, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-problem-glint/26738/2 "2003-07-25T23:01:46Z")

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The reason it is black is because a mask is just that, a mask. It only allows things underneath to show through. So the design that you had was only serving a sort of a window for what’s underneath and you can’t see the design. What i did was copy that design and put it on a layer under the glint effect. Now it works.

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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 25, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-problem-glint/26738/3 "2003-07-25T23:15:40Z")

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Actually, that didn’t work. I accidentally left the new layer i created masked, which isn’t right. So i unmasked it, then changed your gradient on the glint so that it was white in the middle, and white with zero alpha on the sides. This works, but when i tested the movie it was very weird, so not quite sure what happened.

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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 26, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-problem-glint/26738/4 "2003-07-26T15:08:00Z")

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but it still has that little glitchy thing though =( I want just the white part of the gradiant to go through