Tutorials:Masking

Masking is often a desired effect in a StepMania theme. Achieving masking is slightly different between StepMania 3.9 and 4.0, but they're not too hard to remember once you learn them.

Steps to successfully mask an object
First, you need a suitable mask image. This can be done by blocking out parts on a transparent image. Remember that you can have varying opacity as well for more complex masks.

Second, you need to use commands to apply the mask. These commands are slightly different by version:

StepMania 3.9

 * On the mask layer:
 * On the layer to be masked:

StepMania 4.0

 * On the mask layer:
 * On the layer to be masked:

ProductivityHelpers includes some easy to remember aliases for masking objects.