# Help in dynamically creating a transparent area on a movieclip

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 1, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-in-dynamically-creating-a-transparent-area-on-a-movieclip/234356 "2007-08-01T16:35:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![alvinyorkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@alvinyorkie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alvinyorkie)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-in-dynamically-creating-a-transparent-area-on-a-movieclip/234356/1 "2007-08-01T16:35:59Z")

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I have a .jpg graphic in a movieclip on layer two (1024/768). This is used as a background.

I have a .jpg scrolling movieclip on layer one. It is a very wide graphic used for displaying a panorama.

I would like to be able to create, dynamically using actionscript, a transparent area on the layer two movieclip (create a window) to view the underlying movieclip.

I believe this is possible using the Rectangle class in the flash.geom.rectangle but I can’t figure out how to attach it to the layer two movieclip or how to make it transparent so shows the underlying scrolling graphic.

If someone can help, I would sure appreciate it. I am a beginner in Flash and trying to learn.