diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/spriteMaskFilter.frag b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/spriteMaskFilter.frag
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+precision lowp float;
+
+varying vec2 vMaskCoord;
+varying vec2 vTextureCoord;
+varying vec4 vColor;
+
+uniform sampler2D uSampler;
+uniform sampler2D mask;
+
+void main(void)
+{
+
+// check clip! this will stop the mask bleeding out from the edges
+    vec2 text = abs( vMaskCoord - 0.5 );
+    text = step(0.5, text);
+    float clip = 1.0 - max(text.y, text.x);
+    vec4 original = texture2D(uSampler, vTextureCoord);
+    vec4 masky = texture2D(mask, vMaskCoord);
+    original *= (masky.r * masky.a * clip);
+    gl_FragColor = original;
+}

diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/spriteMaskFilter.frag b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/spriteMaskFilter.frag
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+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/spriteMaskFilter.frag
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+precision lowp float;
+
+varying vec2 vMaskCoord;
+varying vec2 vTextureCoord;
+varying vec4 vColor;
+
+uniform sampler2D uSampler;
+uniform sampler2D mask;
+
+void main(void)
+{
+
+// check clip! this will stop the mask bleeding out from the edges
+    vec2 text = abs( vMaskCoord - 0.5 );
+    text = step(0.5, text);
+    float clip = 1.0 - max(text.y, text.x);
+    vec4 original = texture2D(uSampler, vTextureCoord);
+    vec4 masky = texture2D(mask, vMaskCoord);
+    original *= (masky.r * masky.a * clip);
+    gl_FragColor = original;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/spriteMaskFilter.vert b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/spriteMaskFilter.vert
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+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/spriteMaskFilter.vert
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+attribute vec2 aVertexPosition;
+attribute vec2 aTextureCoord;
+attribute vec4 aColor;
+
+uniform mat3 projectionMatrix;
+uniform mat3 otherMatrix;
+
+varying vec2 vMaskCoord;
+varying vec2 vTextureCoord;
+varying vec4 vColor;
+
+void main(void)
+{
+    gl_Position = vec4((projectionMatrix * vec3(aVertexPosition, 1.0)).xy, 0.0, 1.0);
+    vTextureCoord = aTextureCoord;
+    vMaskCoord = ( otherMatrix * vec3( aTextureCoord, 1.0)  ).xy;
+    vColor = vec4(aColor.rgb * aColor.a, aColor.a);
+}