Demonstrates an inverse clipping technique in JavaFx.

InverseClip.java

package application;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ProgressBar;
import javafx.scene.effect.InnerShadow;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.scene.shape.Shape;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;


public class Main extends Application {
	@Override
	public void start(final Stage primaryStage) {
		final StackPane root = new StackPane();
		final ProgressBar bar = new ProgressBar();
		final Image image = new Image( "https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/6952932649_3fc1cfeb8a_o_d.jpg", true );
		final ImageView imageView = new ImageView( image );
		final Text clip = new Text( "JavaFx" );
		final Scene scene = new Scene( root );

		root.setStyle( "-fx-background: pink;" );
		root.setEffect( new InnerShadow() );

		bar.prefWidthProperty().bind( root.widthProperty() );
		bar.visibleProperty().bind( Bindings.notEqual( 1, image.progressProperty() ) );
		bar.progressProperty().bind( image.progressProperty() );

		imageView.setFitWidth( 800 );
		imageView.setFitHeight( 600 );

		clip.setFont( Font.font( 144.0 ) );
		clip.setX( 400 - clip.getBoundsInLocal().getWidth() / 2 );
		clip.setY( 400 - clip.getBoundsInLocal().getHeight() / 2 );

		setInverseClip( imageView, clip );

		root.getChildren().add( bar );
		root.getChildren().add( imageView );


		primaryStage.setScene( scene );
		primaryStage.show();
	}

	private void setInverseClip( final Node node, final Shape clip ) {
		final Rectangle inverse = new Rectangle();
		inverse.setWidth( node.getLayoutBounds().getWidth() );
		inverse.setHeight( node.getLayoutBounds().getHeight() );
		node.setClip( Shape.subtract( inverse, clip ) );
	}

	public static void main(final String[] args) {
		launch(args);
	}
}