Object mask/layer mask

hi...
i am new to using masks in motion. when i create a mask for a single object, nothing happens.....only if i apply the mask to the whole layer does it then take effect. is there a piece of information i'm missing about masking individual objects within a layer? thanks for any suggestions.
i mac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) motion 1, final cut pro 4.5

how are you creating a mask?
With the object selected, are you drawing a mask with the masking tools (not the Shape tools) in the toolbar, or are you using the Add Image Mask, which requires another object to be plugged into it before you'll see anything happen?
FYI,
Motion's User Manual has quite a lot of information on masking.
Pg 851 on deals with Masking tools and how to use them
Pg 865 on deals with Image Masks and how to use them

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aa wrote:
> I have a mask layer with a rectangular mask in it.
> Inder this layer I and a nasked layer with an object to
be masked on it
> This works fine
> When I all another object to be masked in thesame layer
and relevant mask in
> the same masking layer the sacond object does not show
up at all.
>
> Does this mean that the masking layer can only have one
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