# Reverse masking?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reverse-masking/205685>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 1, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reverse-masking/205685 "2006-11-01T00:08:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anogar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reverse-masking/205685/1 "2006-11-01T00:08:32Z")

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Alright, a normal mask makes it so that you can only see what is masked… I need something that does the opposite, where the dynamically placed mask puts a hole in the object (think like a bullet hole.)

Ideas?