# Glass effect?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glass-effect/155074>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 14, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glass-effect/155074 "2005-07-14T15:54:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Purplemonkey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/purplemonkey/32/1513_2.png) [@Purplemonkey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Purplemonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glass-effect/155074/1 "2005-07-14T15:54:53Z")

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Hi everybody,

I’m currently trying to get a glass effect in Flash MX 2004. I’ve looked at many of the tutorials here about getting something “shiny”, but it just doesn’t look like real glass.

What I am trying to do is make a window behind two of my characters, and have the street visible behind it. The only problem is it looks like the window isn’t there, and my attempts at getting a shine on it have failed miserably.

Could somebody point me in the right direction? A tutorial somewhere else maybe? Any help will be greatly appreciated!