# Click MovieClip and Blackout BG

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-movieclip-and-blackout-bg/278072>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 21, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-movieclip-and-blackout-bg/278072 "2008-12-21T20:18:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![flashdaddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@flashdaddy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashdaddy)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-movieclip-and-blackout-bg/278072/1 "2008-12-21T20:18:18Z")

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Hey Guys,

I have a movie clip that when clicked, it grows larger. I’d like to have the background fill with a faded black tone as to draw attention to the large image in the foreground. Right now I’m just thinking of making a layer of black, and just make it alpha = .5 when the movie clip is clicked, but is there a better (correct) way of accomplishing this?