# Can flash be transparent over another movie?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 16, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-be-transparent-over-another-movie/57805 "2004-07-16T07:48:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![cave12oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@cave12oy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cave12oy)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-be-transparent-over-another-movie/57805/1 "2004-07-16T07:48:36Z")

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i need help in placing a flash movie over another flash movie.

i have set the background of the overlapping flash movie to become 50% transparent

it works great when it is overlapping text but i cant get it to work over a another movie

i overlapped it using the css z-index property

example:  
 ![](http://www.geocities.com/cave12oy@pacbell.net/trans.gif)

thank you.

-roy

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**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:** [July 16, 2004, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-be-transparent-over-another-movie/57805/2 "2004-07-16T08:15:03Z")

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do a search - i seem to remember a similar question being asked and answered before… the background of a swf can be transparent… hope this is what your after…  
btw, just out of interest, why do they have to be separate files?

Prophet.

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**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:** [July 16, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-be-transparent-over-another-movie/57805/3 "2004-07-16T19:34:20Z")

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Hello there.

Hey you can load new movie full transparent on running one.  
Just dont put any background in the second movie.  
Your graphics in second movie will be visible directly on the background of frist movie.  
Try it.

(it will better if you put the stage size of both of both the movies same)

Thanx

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**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:** [July 16, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-be-transparent-over-another-movie/57805/4 "2004-07-16T23:43:57Z")

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i remember seeing a tutorial about this on this site, somewhere.

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**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:** [July 18, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-be-transparent-over-another-movie/57805/5 "2004-07-18T11:12:44Z")

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**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:** [July 18, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-be-transparent-over-another-movie/57805/6 "2004-07-18T11:13:17Z")

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oops… accidently pressed enter there…  
let me go try your suggestions. brb

-roy