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Image Masking Effect

Apply masking effects to images using shapes, gradients, or custom masks for creative compositions

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/image-add-masking' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/imageFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-add-masking' \
  -F 'imageFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'maskType=shape' \
  -F 'maskShape=circle' \
  -F 'maskPosition=center' \
  -F 'maskSize=80' \
  -F 'featherRadius=0' \
  -F 'invertMask=false' \
  -F 'outputFormat=png' \
  -F 'quality=90'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-add-masking

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
imageFile	fileupload required	Yes	Image to apply masking effect
maskType	select	No	Type of mask to apply
maskShape	select	No	Shape of the mask (when mask type is shape)
maskPosition	select	No	Position of the mask
maskSize	number	No

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-image-add-masking": {
      "name": "image-add-masking",
      "description": "Apply masking effects to images using shapes, gradients, or custom masks for creative compositions",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=image-add-masking",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "image-add-masking",
    "arguments": {
  "imageFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "maskType": "shape",
  "maskShape": "circle",
  "maskPosition": "center",
  "maskSize": 80,
  "featherRadius": 0,
  "invertMask": false,
  "outputFormat": "png",
  "quality": 90
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).