# Expose-like effect

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expose-like-effect/154037
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 6, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expose-like-effect/154037 "2005-07-06T16:03:10Z")
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### Author: ![cmart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@cmart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cmart)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expose-like-effect/154037/1 "2005-07-06T16:03:10Z")

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Hi, I’m looking to dim the background of the entire browser window while a slideshow is playing. I assume I’d have to create a scaleable MC whose alpha settings would be controlled by actionscript? I thought of creating one .swf scaled to 100% of the browser window in a DHTML layer, with my non-scaleable flash movie in another DHTML layer on top, but this wouldn’t work because how would one control the other? Is there a way to have the background of a .swf scale to 100% of browser window while the contents stay fixed?

Thanks very much…