# Please fix MASKING

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/please-fix-masking/3084>\
**Category:** Help us improve Penpot\
**Created:** [May 22, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-fix-masking/3084 "2023-05-22T12:53:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RytisG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c89c15/32.png) [@RytisG](https://community.penpot.app/u/RytisG)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-fix-masking/3084/1 "2023-05-22T12:53:08Z")

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Hi there, yeah Masking in Figma is a pain to this day and _I do not know why the same logic was copied to PenPot?_

**Can we request to make that vector layer, which is placed on TOP of the image to mask the image which is under?**

In most apps you just copy-paste screenshot or image, **and only then place or draw vector a top** , select both hit mask and you get what you want. Plus another benefit you can resize mask anytime you want, without effecting image beneath.

But in PenPot. If you do this way you get empty screen. **After hitting Mask everything is gone.** You need to go back to Mask Layer Group, find out what happened, find missed layer and move vector mask under the image. Can it be similar to Photoshop or XD? It`s way better than in Figma.

 ![Board (2)](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/5/5a9537988b450c4e6970e006c08a42cb0957e43b.png)

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**Author:** ![RenanMayrinckDesign](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/renanmayrinckdesign/32/3104_2.png) [@RenanMayrinckDesign](https://community.penpot.app/u/RenanMayrinckDesign)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-fix-masking/3084/2 "2023-05-22T19:02:33Z")

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Hi there dude! Maybe here’s some information to help you with your issues:

1- About the **masks** , yeah, _I totally agree with you_, maybe Penpot could add this as a config, where the user decide which mask method is the one used on their projects. Would be much better than just doing it like Figma and no control over that.

2- About **boards that show up on prototypes** even when they are nested, in each board there’s a checkbox with a label “show in view mode” on it, if you uncheck that, they will not show up in prototypes ever again. Try this one and see if it works for you.

(and remember, even nested boards can be part of the view mode if this option is set on)

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**Author:** ![dragonevo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/dragonevo/32/5816_2.png) [@dragonevo](https://community.penpot.app/u/dragonevo)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-fix-masking/3084/4 "2024-08-12T14:10:32Z")

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100% agree with this. Was confused what was going on as every program I have ever used does it with the mask on top. Underneath you can’t see what you are masking. I tried Figma briefly, hated it and then went full in on XD so never used the masking in Figma.

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**Author:** ![Pixelshiftarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Pixelshiftarr](https://community.penpot.app/u/Pixelshiftarr)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-fix-masking/3084/5 "2026-01-25T17:41:23Z")

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I know this post is almost 3 years old by now, but the masks still work in this illogical way with the shape underneath of what you wanna mask.