# Glow?Help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glow-help/64443>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 16, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glow-help/64443 "2004-09-16T10:10:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pucca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@pucca](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pucca)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glow-help/64443/1 "2004-09-16T10:10:41Z")

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hi

Is there any way that you can put an outer glow around words in flash??

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glow-help/64443/2 "2004-09-16T10:18:31Z")

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no

you’ve got to use images…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glow-help/64443/3 "2004-09-16T11:05:23Z")

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Actually, you can duplicate the text, break it down into shapes,  
choose Modify \> Shape \> Soften fill edges and put it behind  
your original text.

//T

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glow-help/64443/4 "2004-09-16T11:09:49Z")

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its much better to use images (or _an_ image) though

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glow-help/64443/5 "2004-09-16T11:20:04Z")

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> [@Ottahal](#):
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> Actually, you can duplicate the text, break it down into shapes,  
> choose Modify \> Shape \> Soften fill edges and put it behind  
> your original text.  
> //T

yup. i rushed through that a bit :pa: