Can you invert a mask in Keynote 09?

I'm trying to figure out if you can invert a mask in Keynote Instead of the mask being the opaque area of the image, it would be the transparent area of the image. So, you'd have a hole in your image. Does anyone know if this is possible or if there is a workaround? I need to be able to do this inside of Keynote, a PNG with a hole will not work for my situation. Thanks for any input.

So, I essentially drew a shape and overlapped it on itself to make a hollow area on the inside. I then used that as a mask, worked wonderfully. The whole reason for me doing this is to see if I can put this masked image on a master page, and then place video behind it on a slide with this masked/master. Problem is the video, when behind that masked image, will not give you the controls when rolled over in presentation mode. Keynote doesn't recognize your pointer is over a movie if the masked image sits above that movie. Therefore, you don't get the movie controls in presentation mode.

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