# Multiple Masking
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-masking/27125
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 30, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-masking/27125 "2003-07-30T11:17:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@fadi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fadi)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-masking/27125/1 "2003-07-30T11:17:36Z")
Hey guys, ive seen this done in front of my eyes by someone else, but for some reason i cant figure it out.
I have an image, and I want to get shapes masking the image as the shapes move along… I know how to mask, but not multiple masking the same image, this is wot i have done so far.
[View it here](http://www.rflan.org/streetgear.html)
I will really appreciate the help
thanks heaps
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-masking/27125/2 "2003-07-30T12:45:09Z")
make a movieclip of the mask and place it on the image and
myMovieClip.setMask (maskMovieClip)
The following sample code uses the movie clip circleMask to mask the movie clip theMaskee.
theMaskee.setMask(circleMask);
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-masking/27125/3 "2003-07-31T00:48:27Z")
thanks man… but is there any chance you can explain it better… or even show me the .fla file ?? I would really appreciate it… or even if you know some tutorials that have exactly wot i need??
Thanks a lot
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-masking/27125/4 "2003-07-31T05:23:55Z")
Hey I figured it out…
All I had to do is put all my animated shapes in one movie clip… Put that movie clip in a layer and set it to mask over the image… really really easy… thats why i couldnt think of it, coz i thought there was quite a bit to it… IM A DODO!!
but thanks alimirza for helping out!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-masking/27125/5 "2003-08-02T05:05:25Z")
My pleasure and sorry I wasn’t online for three days otherwise I could have explained u earlier.
But Its great u did it yourself now u won’t forget it ever;)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-masking/27125/6 "2003-08-02T07:06:44Z")
hahaha true, i will definately not forget that, its very useful and I will be using it quite a bit…