Invert container?

[Virginityrocks]

Maybe a neat low hanging fruit feature?

I'd like to invert a container, so that rather than a meter only existing inside of a container, the parts of said meter are only visible outside of its boundary. Is this possible?

I have a solid image that I'd like to use to cutout bits of another image -- Essentially like a mask, but inverted. So the solid bits of the mask are the cutout, and the transparent bits act like the solid bits.

[eclectic-tech]

May miss your desire altogether, but why not use an inversion of your shape meter as your container; set the star as a solid color and the rectangle fill to 0,0,0,0.

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[MeterShapePath]
Meter=Shape
X=1
Y=1
Shape=Path MyPath | StrokeWidth 2 | Stroke Color 41,4,2,255 | Fill Color 87,149,212,255

MyPath=225,125 | LineTo 254,185 | LineTo 320,194 | LineTo 273,240 | LineTo 284,306 | LineTo 225,275 | LineTo 166,306 | LineTo 177,240 | LineTo 130,194 | LineTo 196,185 | ClosePath 1

Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,440,440,10 | StrokeWidth 0 | Fill Color 0,0,0,0
Shape3=Combine Shape | Intersect Shape2

[MeterImage]
Meter=Image
ImageName=shutterstock_373568860.jpg
Container=MeterShapePath

starmask.png

shutterstock_373568860.jpg

[Virginityrocks]

The thing is, I don't want to fill in the space within the star, I want to use the image to cutout parts of another meter entirely, leaving it empty/blank/transparent.

The pink in my image represents transparency.

[eclectic-tech]

The thing is, I don't want to fill in the space within the star, I want to use the image to cutout parts of another meter entirely, leaving it empty/blank/transparent.

The pink in my image represents transparency.

With a few changes you can get that as a mask container. The transparency of the container meter determines what is visible i another meter when applied as a container.

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[MeterShapePath]
Meter=Shape
X=1
Y=1
Shape=Path MyPath | StrokeWidth 2 | Stroke Color 41,4,2,255 | Fill Color 0,0,0,0

MyPath=225,125 | LineTo 254,185 | LineTo 320,194 | LineTo 273,240 | LineTo 284,306 | LineTo 225,275 | LineTo 166,306 | LineTo 177,240 | LineTo 130,194 | LineTo 196,185 | ClosePath 1

Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,440,440,10 | StrokeWidth 0 | Fill Color 87,149,212,255
Shape3=Combine Shape2 | Exclude Shape

[MeterImage]
Meter=Image
ImageName=shutterstock_373568860.jpg
Container=MeterShapePath

starmask2.png

I may still not understand what you hope to achieve... So I'm going fishing!

[Virginityrocks]

I see. Still not exactly. The cutout would need to change dynamically based on the image used.

Even if the mask meter had some kind of invert option, reversing the solid and transparent bits of an image for the mask.

[Virginityrocks]

Here's an example of what I mean: