# Masking with text problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-with-text-problem/184976
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 9, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-with-text-problem/184976 "2006-04-09T23:08:13Z")
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### Author: ![spyderfx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@spyderfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spyderfx)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-with-text-problem/184976/1 "2006-04-09T23:08:13Z")

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i’m trying to make a marquee with text that is masking a gradient so that as the text passes by the gradient the color of the text changes. i have about 15 words that are suppose to just scroll down through the gradient but when i test the movie only one word will do it. anyone know how to fix this?

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### Author: ![rhamej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rhamej](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rhamej)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-with-text-problem/184976/2 "2006-04-10T03:10:21Z")

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ummm, set the text field to multiple lines?