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+====== Add a Mask Object ======
+To add a Mask Object you can:
+    * Click on the "M" Icon at the top right hand side of the Objects and Animation Screen
+    * Right Click in the Object Panel or Main Screen in Objects and Animation and choose to "Add a Mask"
+You are offered three alternatives
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask001.jpg}}
+==== Add a Mask Template ====
+    * Choose from Circle or Rectangle
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask002.jpg}}
+    * Click OK to add the Mask to the Object Panel
+    * A Rectangle Mask is added to the Mask Stencil
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask003.jpg}}
+    * Right Click on Mask Content and Add / Image
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask004.jpg}}
+    * You can then add Animation to the Image within the Mask
+    * You can Zoom, Pan etc the Mask Container and/or the Mask Stencil
+==== Add a Blank Mask ====
+    * You can add a Blank Mask to add your own Image as a Mask
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask005.jpg}}
+==== Add an Image/Video Mask ====
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask006.jpg}}
+    * Add an Image as Mask Content
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask007.jpg}}
+    * A Video could also be added as either the Mask Stencil or Mask Content
+==== Text as a Mask ====
+    * Add Text as a Mask Stencil
+    * Add an Image to the Mask Content
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask008.jpg}}
+==== Complex Masks ====
+    * Masks in Version 9 also have another property which enables complex masks to be generated from a mixture of black and white objects: the ability to switch the "Alpha Channel" on and off.
+    * Here is an example using two black rectangles with a white centre rectangle. Remember "white reveals" and "black conceals"..
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask009.jpg}}
+    * These two rectangles can be used to generate a composite mask
+    * The two rectangles are now used as mask stencils in a user-defined Blank Mask
+    * Rectangle 2 is above Rectangle 1
+    * For Rectangle 2, if "Convert to Alpha Image" is ON, then the black area where Rectangle 2 overlaps Rectangle 1 becomes transparent
+    * Convert to Alpha image is ON For Rectangle 2
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask010.jpg}}
+    * In the next example, "Convert to Alpha Image" is OFF for Rectangle 2 and the black area blocks out the area where it overlaps Rectangle 1
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask011.jpg}}
+    * More complex masks are possible using this technique and an example is shown below
+{{:en-us:9.0:how_to_v9:v9-mask012.jpg}}