# Using blurfilter on movieclip mask
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-blurfilter-on-movieclip-mask/263868
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 19, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-blurfilter-on-movieclip-mask/263868 "2008-06-19T21:27:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@codyhawke](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/codyhawke)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-blurfilter-on-movieclip-mask/263868/1 "2008-06-19T21:27:06Z")
Hi everyone,
I have a movieclip, “clip1”, that is being masked by “mask1”. the mask starts as a small circle and grows into a big one, gradually showing the screen. However, the sharp corners on the mask are bugging me and I want it to have soft corners as it goes across the screen. I’ve read around, and it seems like a blurfilter may be able to do the trick. However, I can’t seem to tell any difference; the corners are not softened whatsoever. I can’t post the actual code, but here’s what the important snippet of code looks like:
```
ActionScript Code:
[LEFT][COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] clip1:[COLOR=#993300]MovieClip[/COLOR]=[COLOR=#993300]new[/COLOR] MovieClip1[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
```
[COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] mask1:[COLOR=#993300]MovieClip[/COLOR]=[COLOR=#993300]new[/COLOR] MaskClip1COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] blurMask:BlurFilter=[COLOR=#993300]new[/COLOR] BlurFilterCOLOR=#000000[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#993300]public[/COLOR] [COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR] MainASCOLOR=#000000[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
blurMask.[COLOR=#000000]blurX[/COLOR]=[COLOR=#000000]15[/COLOR];
blurMask.[COLOR=#000000]blurY[/COLOR]=[COLOR=#000000]15[/COLOR];
blurMask.[COLOR=#993300]quality[/COLOR]=[COLOR=#000000]2[/COLOR];
addChildCOLOR=#000000[/COLOR];
mask1.[COLOR=#993300]gotoAndStop[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];
mask1.[COLOR=#000000]filters[/COLOR]=[COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR]blurMask[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR];
clip1.[COLOR=#000000]mask[/COLOR]=mask1;
addChildCOLOR=#000000[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
[/LEFT]
Any help would be IMMENSELY appreciated. Thanks a ton!
-Cody
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### Author:  [@pensamente](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pensamente)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-blurfilter-on-movieclip-mask/263868/2 "2008-06-20T08:17:33Z")
“the sharp corners on the mask are bugging me and I want it to have soft corners as it goes across the screen”
i’m expecting that feature too… for a long time! Complain to adobe about the support for masks with levels of transparency (support for grays, really don’t know how to say this technically). Sadly a mask in flash support only black or white, so all gray that you could but giving a blur effect will not display.
Anyway you might want to consider the possibility of false masking you content with a transparent png, making a whole on it, and use it as a patch.
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### Author:  [@Mediashock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mediashock)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-blurfilter-on-movieclip-mask/263868/3 "2008-06-20T18:51:50Z")
```auto
clip1.cacheAsBitmap = true;
mask1.cacheAsBitmap = true;
```
I attached a sample FLA for you. Flash does support 32bit when masking.
[http://www.mediahead.com/mask.fla](http://www.mediahead.com/mask.fla)