# Glowing Text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glowing-text/183535>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glowing-text/183535 "2006-03-28T01:10:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![briand5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@briand5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/briand5)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glowing-text/183535/1 "2006-03-28T01:10:50Z")

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Can anyone help show me how to make glowing text in Flash MX 2004 or let me know if it is not possible. Thank you for any help.

- Brian

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**Author:** ![serkios](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/serkios/32/608_2.png) [@serkios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/serkios)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glowing-text/183535/2 "2006-03-29T00:45:30Z")

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Usually to achieve this effect in flash versions prior to 8 we had to fake it using PNG sequences created with photoshop or with a movie file created with After Effects and then imported into flash. Kind of a pain really

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**Author:** ![dreeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dreeft](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dreeft)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glowing-text/183535/3 "2006-03-29T05:17:25Z")

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Yeh, I would use PNG’s. There isn’t really an easy way.

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**Author:** ![digiLan2005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@digiLan2005](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/digiLan2005)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glowing-text/183535/4 "2006-03-29T22:33:54Z")

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Hey Brian,

I actually just posted a tutorial on how to make glowing text on my website. The tutorial is located at:

[Glowing Text Effect](http://www.myflashresource.com/flash-tutorials/glowing-text-effect)

Cheers,  
Anders

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**Author:** ![bombsledder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bombsledder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bombsledder)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glowing-text/183535/5 "2006-03-30T00:25:57Z")

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thats a horrible glow effect though compared to flash 8’s glow filter or photoshoping it