# Flash 2004 Effect

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-2004-effect/113985
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 23, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-2004-effect/113985 "2004-06-23T16:23:59Z")
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### Author: ![dnlawyer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/dnlawyer/32/187_2.png) [@dnlawyer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dnlawyer)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-2004-effect/113985/1 "2004-06-23T16:23:59Z")

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I would like to create an effect in flash and have no idea how to do it.

I would like to have - an outline of an image (say, a couple images of people), that would be first drawn on the stage…then the image of the people would blink in…

How do you do the “outline” portion of this animation?