# Masks are drving me crazy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 7, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-are-drving-me-crazy/106687 "2004-04-07T22:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Thierro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@El\_Thierro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Thierro)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-are-drving-me-crazy/106687/1 "2004-04-07T22:58:59Z")
When I create two layers: - Layer 1: with a circle (graphic symbol) on it - Layer 2: with a square, covering a part of the circle on it and I make Layer 2 a mask of Layer 1, I’ll see the part of the circle covered by the square, right? Kay, so far so good, _however_, when I have: - Layer 1: with a graphic symbol which is made out of a dynamic textbox (so I made a dynamic textbox with some text in it, and converted that to a graphic) - Layer 2: with a square, covering a part of the graphic (the dynamic textbox) and I view it, I don’t see anything! Grargh! 🅰 It’s like the … it just doesn’t work! Why? GOD O GOD WHY? This is driving me nuts! ---
**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:** [April 7, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-are-drving-me-crazy/106687/2 "2004-04-07T23:35:04Z")
[size=3]To put it even simpler:[/size] [size=3][/size] \*\*[size=3][color=red]For some reason, I’m unable to put a mask over dynamic text. Even if I convert the dynamic text to a graphic, a movie clip, or even a graphic _inside a movie clip, I’m unable to put a mask over the dynamic text! 🅰[/color][/size]_ **[size=3][color=#ff0000][/color][/size]** **[size=3][color=#ff0000]WHY IS THIS?[/color][/size]** ---
**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:** [April 7, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-are-drving-me-crazy/106687/3 "2004-04-07T23:44:23Z")
I don’t think you can directly mask dynamic text, which is why you’ve tried to fool flash by using movie clips and graphics etc. But I know people have done it! I think it was either kode or claudio that has helped others with this. I found [this thread](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44690&page=2&pp=15&highlight=dynamic+text+mask) when I did a quick search but it was in mx2004 so I don’t know if it will help you. Might try it though. Check out the very last post in the thread by kode. Like I said, I know I’ve read about people getting around it, just don’t remember where so keep searching! 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-are-drving-me-crazy/106687/4 "2004-04-08T09:00:37Z")
embed your fonts;) scotty(-: ---
**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:** [April 8, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-are-drving-me-crazy/106687/5 "2004-04-08T21:50:19Z")
If I embed my font, the font’s all messed up. Dunno why though. Thanks for the link to the tutorial, but I tried it with the setmask command and it still didn’t work ([http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=479457#post479457](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=479457#post479457)) Thanks for your help Lunatic, you’ve been really helpful :thumb: I found the post you were talking about, and I tried whatever kode said, but it still doesn’t work. That’s why I created _yet another thread_ [here](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=479457#post479457) :beam: