# Agh! how can a change the alpha of an imported image?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/agh-how-can-a-change-the-alpha-of-an-imported-image/28568>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 15, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/agh-how-can-a-change-the-alpha-of-an-imported-image/28568 "2003-08-15T02:39:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rid3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@rid3r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rid3r)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/agh-how-can-a-change-the-alpha-of-an-imported-image/28568/1 "2003-08-15T02:39:47Z")

</div>

Is it possible to change the alpha of an imported image?

After tinkering around a bit in the flash help section, i found out how to change the alpha of text or a shape, but not of an image…

Any help would be greatly appriciated!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/agh-how-can-a-change-the-alpha-of-an-imported-image/28568/2 "2003-08-15T02:42:07Z")

</div>

Just convert the image to a symbol and you can apply alpha to it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/agh-how-can-a-change-the-alpha-of-an-imported-image/28568/3 "2003-08-15T02:42:30Z")

</div>

cheers!