MX

To Create A Mask
First select the object(s) to which you wish to apply a masked operation.
Then select the Mask mode button, below the main toolbar on the left
of the Web Designer MX Premium window.
Or select the menu option "Window" > "Mask mode on".
This will cover the whole drawing area with a pink semi-transparent mask, so you always know when
mask mode is on. It also hides all unselected objects, to make it clear which objects in your design are to
be operated on using the mask. So for example if you are applying a masked operation to a photo (the
most common use for masks), you see only the selected photo and the mask shape(s) while you are in
mask mode.
Now with mask mode on and using any of the drawing tools, draw whatever mask shape you require. If
you're using the Freehand tool you should create a closed shape, that is where the start and end points
are coincident.
The mask shapes are shown as holes in the mask background, and have a dashed 'marching ants'
animating effect around the outline of the shapes.
If you select to invert the mask ("Window" > "Invert mask"
) then the inside of the shapes will be shown in pink.
Important:
The pink area is the protected area. The visible, non-pink, parts of the drawing are the areas that will be
affected by any of the mask compatible operations listed above.
Clicking the Mask control button again will hide the mask layer, so you can now operate on the
document as normal. Doing this just hides the mask layer, it does not remove any object you may have
on the mask. Clicking the control again will reveal the mask layer again along with all objects on that
layer.
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