Can I have a mask with a shaded background in Keynote?

[oxband]

I know in Preview, when I make a mask, the background doesn't disappear but gets darker. If I try to do that in Keynote, the background disappears and I can see is what's inside the mask.

Is there any way to do this in Keynote so that the background doesn't completely disappear, but like Preview, just gets darker?

 

[neutrino23]

Not sure what you mean. I just put an image on a slide then reduced its size by masking. If I click away then click on this image it only shows the masked part. If I double click then I can see the entire image with the unused parts shown darker.

Am I missing something?

 

[oxband]

I didn't know to double click. I'll try that. Game changer!

 

[neutrino23]

I didn't know to double click. I'll try that. Game changer!

Yeah, sometimes it’s the simplest thing. Lucky!

 

[oxband]

So I actually think that's not a solution. I double clicked and it went grey....but that's cause it thinks you're resizing. There was a button I had to hit saying "Done" and it wasn't saving as greyed. Was it different for you?

Thanks for helping on this....