# Cannot Find Color Effects in Properties

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-find-color-effects-in-properties/330636>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [February 21, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-find-color-effects-in-properties/330636 "2013-02-21T04:55:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoWeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a5b964/32.png) [@NeoWeb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoWeb)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-find-color-effects-in-properties/330636/1 "2013-02-21T04:55:43Z")

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Hi All,  
Is it possible to see the Color Effects option in the Properties panel without first converting an image to a symbol? I saw a youtube tutorial for creating fading images and in it the author of the tutorial was able to use alpha tween without having to first convert his images to symbols. I am using Flash CS5.5 and I was not able to see the Color Effects option in the Properties panel unless I convert my images to symbols. What am I doing wrong? If you’re curious what tutorial I’m talking about here it is below:  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDofVTqxl8g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDofVTqxl8g)  
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.