---
title: "BitmapMaskPipeline"
docs: "Phaser v3.88.2"
url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-pipelines-bitmapmaskpipeline
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

> This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page.

# BitmapMaskPipeline

The Bitmap Mask Pipeline handles all of the bitmap mask rendering in WebGL for applying

alpha masks to Game Objects. It works by sampling two texture on the fragment shader and

using the fragments alpha to clip the region.



The fragment shader it uses can be found in `shaders/src/BitmapMask.frag`.

The vertex shader it uses can be found in `shaders/src/BitmapMask.vert`.



The default shader attributes for this pipeline are:



`inPosition` (vec2, offset 0)



The default shader uniforms for this pipeline are:



`uResolution` (vec2)

`uMainSampler` (sampler2D)

`uMaskSampler` (sampler2D)

`uInvertMaskAlpha` (bool)

**Constructor**

`new BitmapMaskPipeline(config)`

**Parameters**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| config | [Phaser.Types.Renderer.WebGL.WebGLPipelineConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/typedef/types-renderer-webgl.md#WebGLPipelineConfig) | No | The configuration options for this pipeline. |

---


**Scope**: static


**Extends**

> [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.WebGLPipeline](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md)  



> Source: [src/renderer/webgl/pipelines/BitmapMaskPipeline.js#L15](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v3.88.2/src/renderer/webgl/pipelines/BitmapMaskPipeline.js#L15)  
Since: 3.0.0

## Inherited Methods


**From [Phaser.Events.EventEmitter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md):**


 - [addListener](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#addlistener)
 - [emit](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#emit)
 - [eventNames](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#eventnames)
 - [listenerCount](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#listenercount)
 - [listeners](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#listeners)
 - [off](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#off)
 - [on](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#on)
 - [once](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#once)
 - [removeAllListeners](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#removealllisteners)
 - [removeListener](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#removelistener)
 - [shutdown](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/events-eventemitter.md#shutdown)





**From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.WebGLPipeline](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md):**


 - [addTextureToBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#addtexturetobatch)
 - [batchQuad](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#batchquad)
 - [batchTri](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#batchtri)
 - [batchVert](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#batchvert)
 - [bind](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#bind)
 - [bindRenderTarget](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#bindrendertarget)
 - [bindTexture](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#bindtexture)
 - [boot](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#boot)
 - [createBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#createbatch)
 - [destroy](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#destroy)
 - [drawFillRect](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#drawfillrect)
 - [flipProjectionMatrix](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#flipprojectionmatrix)
 - [flush](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#flush)
 - [getShaderByName](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#getshaderbyname)
 - [onActive](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onactive)
 - [onAfterFlush](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onafterflush)
 - [onBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onbatch)
 - [onBeforeFlush](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onbeforeflush)
 - [onBind](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onbind)
 - [onBoot](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onboot)
 - [onDraw](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#ondraw)
 - [onPostBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onpostbatch)
 - [onPostRender](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onpostrender)
 - [onPreBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onprebatch)
 - [onPreRender](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onprerender)
 - [onRebind](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onrebind)
 - [onRender](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onrender)
 - [onResize](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#onresize)
 - [postBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#postbatch)
 - [preBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#prebatch)
 - [pushBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#pushbatch)
 - [rebind](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#rebind)
 - [resize](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#resize)
 - [restoreContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#restorecontext)
 - [set1f](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set1f)
 - [set1fv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set1fv)
 - [set1i](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set1i)
 - [set1iv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set1iv)
 - [set2f](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set2f)
 - [set2fv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set2fv)
 - [set2i](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set2i)
 - [set2iv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set2iv)
 - [set3f](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set3f)
 - [set3fv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set3fv)
 - [set3i](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set3i)
 - [set3iv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set3iv)
 - [set4f](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set4f)
 - [set4fv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set4fv)
 - [set4i](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set4i)
 - [set4iv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#set4iv)
 - [setBoolean](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setboolean)
 - [setGameObject](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setgameobject)
 - [setMatrix2fv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setmatrix2fv)
 - [setMatrix3fv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setmatrix3fv)
 - [setMatrix4fv](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setmatrix4fv)
 - [setProjectionMatrix](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setprojectionmatrix)
 - [setShader](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setshader)
 - [setShadersFromConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setshadersfromconfig)
 - [setTexture2D](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#settexture2d)
 - [setTime](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#settime)
 - [setVertexBuffer](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#setvertexbuffer)
 - [shouldFlush](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#shouldflush)
 - [unbind](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#unbind)
 - [updateProjectionMatrix](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#updateprojectionmatrix)
 - [vertexAvailable](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#vertexavailable)




---

## Public Methods

### beginMask

#### \<instance> beginMask(mask, maskedObject, camera)


**Description:**

Binds necessary resources and renders the mask to a separated framebuffer.

The framebuffer for the masked object is also bound for further use.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| mask | [Phaser.Display.Masks.BitmapMask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/display-masks-bitmapmask.md) | No | The BitmapMask instance that called beginMask. |
| maskedObject | [Phaser.GameObjects.GameObject](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md) | No | GameObject masked by the mask GameObject. |
| camera | [Phaser.Cameras.Scene2D.Camera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/cameras-scene2d-camera.md) | No | The camera rendering the current mask. |


> Source: [src/renderer/webgl/pipelines/BitmapMaskPipeline.js#L81](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v3.88.2/src/renderer/webgl/pipelines/BitmapMaskPipeline.js#L81)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### endMask

#### \<instance> endMask(mask, camera, [renderTarget])


**Description:**

The masked game objects framebuffer is unbound and its texture

is bound together with the mask texture and the mask shader and

a draw call with a single quad is processed. Here is where the

masking effect is applied.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| mask | [Phaser.Display.Masks.BitmapMask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/display-masks-bitmapmask.md) | No | The BitmapMask instance that called endMask. |
| camera | [Phaser.Cameras.Scene2D.Camera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/cameras-scene2d-camera.md) | No | The Camera to render to. |
| renderTarget | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderTarget](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-rendertarget.md) | Yes | Optional WebGL RenderTarget. |


> Source: [src/renderer/webgl/pipelines/BitmapMaskPipeline.js#L97](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v3.88.2/src/renderer/webgl/pipelines/BitmapMaskPipeline.js#L97)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

## Inherited Members


**From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.WebGLPipeline](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md):**


 - [active](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#active)
 - [activeBuffer](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#activebuffer)
 - [activeTextures](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#activetextures)
 - [batch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#batch)
 - [bytes](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#bytes)
 - [config](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#config)
 - [currentBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#currentbatch)
 - [currentRenderTarget](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#currentrendertarget)
 - [currentShader](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#currentshader)
 - [currentTexture](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#currenttexture)
 - [currentUnit](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#currentunit)
 - [forceZero](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#forcezero)
 - [game](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#game)
 - [gl](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#gl)
 - [glReset](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#glreset)
 - [hasBooted](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#hasbooted)
 - [height](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#height)
 - [isPostFX](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#ispostfx)
 - [isPreFX](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#isprefx)
 - [manager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#manager)
 - [name](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#name)
 - [projectionHeight](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#projectionheight)
 - [projectionMatrix](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#projectionmatrix)
 - [projectionWidth](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#projectionwidth)
 - [renderer](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#renderer)
 - [renderTargets](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#rendertargets)
 - [resizeUniform](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#resizeuniform)
 - [shaders](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#shaders)
 - [topology](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#topology)
 - [vertexBuffer](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#vertexbuffer)
 - [vertexCapacity](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#vertexcapacity)
 - [vertexCount](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#vertexcount)
 - [vertexData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#vertexdata)
 - [vertexViewF32](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#vertexviewf32)
 - [vertexViewU32](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#vertexviewu32)
 - [view](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#view)
 - [width](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.88.2/class/renderer-webgl-webglpipeline.md#width)




---

---

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