# Pictures can't mask?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pictures-cant-mask/40388>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 18, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pictures-cant-mask/40388 "2004-01-18T03:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@ham](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ham)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pictures-cant-mask/40388/1 "2004-01-18T03:13:02Z")

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Alright, so I have made at least 20 attempts to have a transparent PNG to be a mask, but it always just either doesn’t mask anything, or covers the whole are inside the blue selection thing.

I have tried to break it apart only to have it create this huge black box.

I am guessing I am doing some steps wrong? Any ideas?