# Flash Video with dots overlay

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-video-with-dots-overlay/304826>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 15, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-video-with-dots-overlay/304826 "2010-02-15T01:45:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![gilbejam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@gilbejam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gilbejam)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-video-with-dots-overlay/304826/1 "2010-02-15T01:45:04Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I have seen loads of cool sites with video that have an overlay of dots sitting over the video. I guess this is in part for a design aesthetic, and the other to reduce the visible amount of pixellation from the compression.  
Can anyone tell me how to create this sort of effect dynamically, or am i going to have to duplicate a million movieclips? And if i do, will this affect performance?  
Here is a reference to what I’m hoping to achieve:  
[http://www.noponies.com/dev/as3\_fullscreen\_bg\_vid/](http://www.noponies.com/dev/as3_fullscreen_bg_vid/)  
Thanks in advance,  
J