# Wanna make a banner help needed in masking

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068>\
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**Created:** [September 3, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068 "2003-09-03T18:08:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigbadmilkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@bigbadmilkman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigbadmilkman)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/1 "2003-09-03T18:08:37Z")

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Hi guys, i want to make a sort of banner, and i want graphics to come in from the side and appear on the banner, i’ll need to mask the area that i want displaying, how do i go about doing this?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/2 "2003-09-03T18:11:49Z")

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draw the shape of your banner on one layer and the right click on that layer and select mask. Then link it to the layers below in which you put the content that will appear on the mask.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/3 "2003-09-03T18:18:02Z")

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i created a box, masked it, and then in another layer, i tweened some text, i put this layer under the mask layer, but nothing happened? Do i need to convert the mask into a symbol?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/4 "2003-09-03T18:25:04Z")

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no. let me see the fla

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/5 "2003-09-03T18:30:19Z")

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its too big to attach

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/6 "2003-09-03T18:32:28Z")

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how big? if its less than 900k email to [grandsp5@hotmail.com](mailto:grandsp5@hotmail.com). If its bigger, ill PM you my other email address

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/7 "2003-09-03T19:01:25Z")

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36.6mb

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/8 "2003-09-03T19:05:01Z")

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whoa. ok never mind. ill make up a little fla for you. btw, you cant mask dynamic text without embedding it, that might be your problem.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wanna-make-a-banner-help-needed-in-masking/30068/9 "2003-09-03T19:39:24Z")

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something like this?