# Masking

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/6056
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 28, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/6056 "2002-09-28T11:50:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![phorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@phorte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phorte)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/6056/1 "2002-09-28T11:50:42Z")

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Is it possible to mask a movie object or buttons…??

For example i want a scene where the lights go out and you have to use a spotlight to find the light switch (a button) that would turn the lights abck again…

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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: [September 28, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/6056/2 "2002-09-28T13:02:31Z")

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Yes it is possible.

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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: [September 28, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking/6056/3 "2002-09-28T14:13:40Z")

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I got it too work now… must of been doin somtin wrong b4… thanks anyway…