# Help with... DOTS! **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [April 3, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304 "2003-04-03T16:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@Hawk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/1 "2003-04-03T16:00:08Z")
i got another question, well i was wondering if one could make a white dot, probably about 5-8 pixels big, BUT have it fade on the sides… i cant do it in photoshop and bring it in becuase to have it transparent i need to save it as a .gif, and that doesnt work well with the edges. i tried it. any help? thx the effect i am trying to acheive i think can be demostrated on electrongeeks website: [http://www.electrongeek.net/center.html](http://www.electrongeek.net/center.html) it is where you have these white dots traveling on a backround toward the center, it is on the contact page of his site thanks ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/2 "2003-04-03T16:12:39Z")
you can save png’s in photoshop with transparency. then import them to flash and used jpeg compression in flash. about 70 - 80 percent is pretty good. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/3 "2003-04-03T16:15:20Z")
i think it can be done with a tween using a guide layer … mebbe not 😃 dunno actually … ask the maestro himself ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/4 "2003-04-03T16:16:49Z")
Mirage … what do you mean with u can only save it as .gif ?? i save my transparent images as .png files mostly … works great ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/5 "2003-04-03T16:17:30Z")
eh … 😃 \*\*\*\* Soulty … i wanted to say that ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/6 "2003-04-03T16:18:51Z")
lol 😛 yep your right x.vector about the motion path, bring it in as a png like we said above, and use the method x.vector mentioned. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/7 "2003-04-03T16:25:58Z")
oh jah … don’t forget to put a mask over your ping file … if you don’t do this you’ll see a nasty transparent square around your white circle … ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/8 "2003-04-03T16:30:02Z")
if i said i can ONLY export as .gif, i didnt mean to… thanks for the help… i dont usually use .pngs because… well i didnt have a use for them ill try it out thanks ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/9 "2003-04-03T16:32:28Z")
o hooray! 😃 tytyty ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/10 "2003-04-03T16:53:13Z")
lol, iam guessing it worked ! , by the way , whats tytyty? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/11 "2003-04-03T16:57:28Z")
ty = thank you … so i’m going to take a wild guess and say that tytyty is thank you thank you thank you :s: ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/12 "2003-04-03T16:59:57Z")
lol . all this internet lingo, shortcuts everywhere.:crazy: 😛 ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/13 "2003-04-03T17:15:01Z")
lol, heres an update and what i got so far, its all one file so… its big… im not that advanced with flash so i dont really trust myself using externally loaded swfs but maybe later! [http://jellomirage.tripod.com/index\_x4.htm](http://jellomirage.tripod.com/index_x4.htm) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/14 "2003-04-03T17:22:48Z")
> \*Originally posted by Mirage \* > **lol, heres an update and what i got so far, its all one file so… its big… im not that advanced with flash so i dont really trust myself using externally loaded swfs but maybe later!** My first flash site was 1 meg in total. one swf. But i had no one telling me how to do anything, flash 5 was not as good as Mx as well, so i didnt know any better. ☹ i still cant believe the site i pulled off on my first try! Ill post it soon on my site. pretty kool effect Mirage !!!. Maybe try to randomize the animated dots. I must say they tuned ou pretty nice! ::soulty:😏:: ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/15 "2003-04-03T17:25:13Z")
wow … really looking nice … i say you’re definatively on the right track ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-dots/17304/16 "2003-04-03T17:53:09Z")
thanks guys, i need to keep focused though, i tend to keep getting distracted by the pretty colors of ebay 😉 :beam: