Referencing an image within an image

[Onishion]

Ok, basically what I'm trying to do is build an alphamask that makes use of an image that is part of a larger image structure. I use the line "AlphaMask("ImagetobeMasked", "MaskingImage")", and that works fine so long as "ImagetobeMasked" and "MaskingImage" are each their own distinct images, but what I'd really like to do is have MaskingImage be a part of a live composite, like:

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image TestLC = LiveComposite(                                                                     
    (100, 100),    
    (0, 0), ConditionSwitch(     
            "Var == 3", "MaskingImage",          
            "True", "MaskingImage2",           
            ),
    )

and then to be able to reference that I want to use the MaskingImage that is inside the TestLC as the mask, something along the lines of "TestLC:MaskingImage" to differentiate it from any other instance of that image. Is this at all possible? The point for it is that I want an instance of the image to be animated as a child to other images and animations, and for the mask to adopt all that animation automatically.

[PyTom]

i believe the code you gave should work.

[vollschauer]

I always define my ConditionSwitch images first and then build the LiveComposite ones...

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image MaskingImage = ConditionSwitch(  
    "Var == 3", "path/MaskingImage.png",         
    "True", "path/MaskingImage2.png")

image TestLC = LiveComposite(                                                                     
    (100, 100),   
    (0, 0), MaskingImage)

..something like that.