Image Occlusion & Cloze Flashcards: The Anki Power Features, Done Better
Stop treating every subject like a list of definitions. QuickCards brings cloze deletion and image occlusion into the same workspace as your study decks. No plugins to manage. Type two braces, or drag a box on an image.
{{double-brace}} syntax to hide parts of a sentence — perfect for definitions and language vocab. Image occlusion lets you mask regions of an image — perfect for anatomy, maps, and diagrams. Create both manually in QuickCards without managing plugins.Cloze deletion: the format med and language students swear by
A cloze card looks like this: "The capital of [...] is Canberra." You see the sentence with the blank. You recall the missing word ("Australia"). You flip — the answer fills in. Simple.
Cognitive science calls this the generation effect: actively producing the answer beats passively recognizing it. That's why medical schools and language programs have leaned on cloze cards for decades.
How it works in QuickCards
Open manual creation, add a card, enable its Cloze toggle, and wrap the words you want to hide in double braces:
The mitochondria is the {{powerhouse}} of the cell.
In Spanish, "to eat" is "{{comer}}".You can hide multiple answers in one sentence and reveal them together when you flip the card. Existing indexed syntax such as {{c1::powerhouse}}also works, so your original cloze text stays usable.
Image occlusion: anatomy, maps, diagrams — actually fun
Image occlusion is the secret weapon of medical, geography, and chemistry students. You upload an image (an anatomy diagram, a labeled map, a benzene ring), draw rectangles over the labels you want to hide, and study the result. Tap each region during study to reveal its label on the same image card.
Upload any image. Drag rectangles over the regions you want to hide.
Hide several labels on one diagram and reveal each region during study.
Tap the card to lift the mask and check yourself. Works on phone and desktop.
Why this is a big deal vs Anki
- One diagram, one workspace. Upload your image in manual creation, draw boxes over its labels, and save it with the rest of your deck.
- Simple cloze editing. Enable the Cloze toggle on a manual card and type
{{word}}around the answer you want to hide. - QuickCards on mobile: edit and review in your browser, or install it for home-screen access. Manual creation includes cloze and image occlusion without a separate plugin.
- Review saved cards in Study Mode or enable your plan's spaced repetition queue. Use a standard Q&A card for a game that needs a typed answer.
When to use which format
- Definitions and key terms
- Language vocab in context sentences
- Historical dates, names, and events
- Quotations and lyrics you have to recite
- Anatomy and physiology diagrams
- Geography — country & city maps
- Chemistry structures and reactions
- Engineering schematics and timelines
FAQ
Manual creation includes image occlusion and cloze cards. Upload your diagram, draw masks and save your deck; AI generation and scheduling follow your plan limits.
The import page accepts supported text-based Anki .apkg packages. Embedded images and occlusion masks are not transferred. To study a diagram, upload the original image in manual creation and draw new masks.
Cloze cards count exactly the same as standard cards in QuickCards.
Choose Add image occlusion in manual creation, upload a clear diagram, draw masks over the labels and check each label before saving.
The flashcard formats that actually work — built in.
Make definitions stick. Turn diagrams into active recall. Create your own cloze and image cards in QuickCards, then keep them in your daily study routine.