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HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pixi.js/4.8.2/pixi.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/2.0.2/TweenMax.min.js"></script>
<canvas></canvas>

<p id="text">
What I expected: <br>
The red title should only be visible where the blue rectangle is. Instead, it also appears where the black square is.
</p>

<script id="shader" type="x-shader/x-fragment">
precision mediump float;

varying vec2 vTextureCoord;
uniform sampler2D uSampler;
uniform sampler2D maskTexture;


void main() {
	vec4 texture = texture2D(uSampler, vTextureCoord);
  vec4 mask = texture2D(maskTexture, vTextureCoord);
	
	gl_FragColor = vec4(texture.r, texture.g, texture.b, (mask.a * texture.a));
}
</script>

CSS

canvas {
  width: 100vw;
  height: 100vh;
}

#text {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  padding: 20px;
}

JavaScript

const maskShader = document.getElementById('shader').textContent

var frontStage
var titleStage
var backStage
var renderTexture

var title
var BGrect
var movingMask



const APP = new PIXI.Application({
	width       : window.innerWidth,
  height      : window.innerHeight,
  view        : document.querySelector('canvas'),
  resolution  : window.devicePixelRatio,
  transparent : true,
})

createStages()
createTitle()
createBackgroundRectangle()
createMovingMask()


APP.ticker.add(() => {
	APP.renderer.render(maskStage, renderTexture, true, null, false)
})


function createStages() {
	frontStage = new PIXI.Container()
  titleStage = new PIXI.Container()
  backStage  = new PIXI.Container()
  maskStage  = new PIXI.Container()


	frontStage.addChild(maskStage, titleStage)
	APP.stage.addChild(backStage, frontStage)


	renderTexture = PIXI.RenderTexture.create(APP.screen.width, APP.screen.height)
   

  const alphaFilter = new PIXI.Filter(null, maskShader)
  alphaFilter.resolution = window.devicePixelRatio
  alphaFilter.uniforms.maskTexture = renderTexture

  titleStage.filters = [alphaFilter]

  titleStage.filterArea = APP.screen
}




function createTitle() {
	title = new PIXI.Text('Hello World', { align: 'center', fontFamily: 'Arial', fontSize: 70, fill: 0xFF0000 })


  title.x = Math.round((APP.screen.width / 2) - title.width / 2)
	title.y = Math.round((APP.screen.height / 2) - title.height / 2)

	titleStage.addChild(title)
}
  
  


function createBackgroundRectangle() {
	BGrect = new PIXI.Graphics()
	backStage.addChild(BGrect)

  BGrect.beginFill(0x000000, 1)
  BGrect.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100)
  BGrect.endFill()
  BGrect.x = title.x
  BGrect.y = title.y - 10
}




function createMovingMask() {
	movingMask = new PIXI.Graphics()
  maskStage.addChild(movingMask)

	movingMask.beginFill(0x0000FF, 1)
	movingMask.drawRect(0, 0, 50, 100)
	movingMask.endFill()
  
  movingMask.x = title.x + 100
  movingMask.y = title.y - 10
  
  const transX = title.width - 150
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