# (dynamic text) how to \_alpha and mask

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-how-to--alpha-and-mask/184345>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 4, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-how-to--alpha-and-mask/184345 "2006-04-04T15:01:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nburlington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/nburlington/32/1365_2.png) [@nburlington](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nburlington)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-how-to--alpha-and-mask/184345/1 "2006-04-04T15:01:58Z")

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I have a dynamic text box and i want to mask it but its not working. i remember once someone was showing me something that had to be done to a dynamic text box to get \_alpha effects on them and I wonder if its the same thing. Problem is, I don’t know what that “thing” is.

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-how-to--alpha-and-mask/184345/2 "2006-04-04T15:15:14Z")

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well… first it has to be a movieclip, so click it and press F8, then make sure its a movieclip. Second, you may have to embed the font to get the masking to work correctly.

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-how-to--alpha-and-mask/184345/3 "2006-04-04T22:04:34Z")

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Doesn’t have to be a movie clip 🙂

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-how-to--alpha-and-mask/184345/4 "2006-04-04T22:18:18Z")

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```auto
Ontario--;

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-how-to--alpha-and-mask/184345/5 "2006-04-04T22:32:07Z")

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:lol: But Canada broke even :thumb: