# Masks not covering enough, when publishing

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-not-covering-enough-when-publishing/230006>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 21, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-not-covering-enough-when-publishing/230006 "2007-06-21T22:40:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Aesir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@Aesir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aesir)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masks-not-covering-enough-when-publishing/230006/1 "2007-06-21T22:40:03Z")

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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The image below shows three layers:[/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Top Layer: mask[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Middle Layer: masked content[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Bottom Layer: background (not masked)[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With all the layers locked, enabling the masks, this looks great in the editor. **But when published, it looks different / awful. How do I fix this?** [/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Image below.[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=red]EDIT: Partial solution: make the mask object a graphic instead of a mc.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]