# Flash8 & Gradient Mask - possible?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-gradient-mask-possible/194336
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 22, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-gradient-mask-possible/194336 "2006-07-22T08:56:14Z")
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### Author: ![denizengt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@denizengt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/denizengt)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-gradient-mask-possible/194336/1 "2006-07-22T08:56:14Z")

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I’m just wondering. Say I have an FLV, and I want it to fade into my non-solid color background, can this actually be done with a gradient mask? I’ve tried setting my gradient mask to cacheAsBitmap = true , but that doesn’t work…