# Hit effect on image

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-effect-on-image/201844>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 25, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-effect-on-image/201844 "2006-09-25T17:11:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![yanuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yanuss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yanuss)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-effect-on-image/201844/1 "2006-09-25T17:11:25Z")

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Ok so basically im trying to create a hit effect after a thumbnail has been clicked or shown.  
My thumbnails are located here:

\_level0.mc\_main.menu\_tot.menu.pic13

with pic13 being the thumbnail. Doing this works fine:

\_level0.mc\_main.menu\_tot.menu.pic13.\_alpha = 50;

but doing this doesnt work:

var increase = pic13;  
\_level0.mc\_main.menu\_tot.menu.increase.\_alpha = 50;

why doesnt it work? Is there a way around this?  
Peace.