# Masking with the drawing API

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-with-the-drawing-api/256417>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 2, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-with-the-drawing-api/256417 "2008-04-02T20:45:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Powerfan5000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@Powerfan5000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Powerfan5000)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-with-the-drawing-api/256417/1 "2008-04-02T20:45:30Z")

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I want to know if there was a way to create a mask using the drawing API and how would the flash player know what layer to mask.

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