# Movie clip can be mask?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-can-be-mask/166265>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 18, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-can-be-mask/166265 "2005-10-18T14:37:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@Luka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Luka)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-can-be-mask/166265/1 "2005-10-18T14:37:59Z")

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First, sorry about my English.

I’ll try to explain my doubt:  
I’d like to make a mask, where the paint’ll appear litle by litle.  
For example, there are some animated squares.  
Can I create a movie clipe with some animated layers and transfom it in a mask?

How can I do it?

Thanks,

Lu.  
(Brazil)