# Reverse Masking

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reverse-masking/160894>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 30, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reverse-masking/160894 "2005-08-30T14:33:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![mordred58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mordred58](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mordred58)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reverse-masking/160894/1 "2005-08-30T14:33:40Z")

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I’m looking to create a negative mask – using a mask to have everything **but** the mask on the screen visible…is this possible? Everything that I’ve looked through so far hasn’t mentioned being able to do this.