# How do you make things glow?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 2, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972 "2002-12-02T03:33:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![aMado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@aMado](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aMado)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/1 "2002-12-02T03:33:28Z")

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ok…i want to make a circle glow red.  
i have no idea on how to do this.  
can anyone help please?

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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:** [December 2, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/2 "2002-12-02T03:39:35Z")

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A) Import an image made in Photoshop or some other art program.

B) In Flash goto Window/Color Mixer then in the drop down box you can select a type of gradient and edit the colors for your glow.

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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:** [December 2, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/3 "2002-12-02T03:42:59Z")

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ok, and what if i want to turn on and off the glow of an object?

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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:** [December 2, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/4 "2002-12-02T03:48:33Z")

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Depends, is this for a button or for a movie clip?

What is the situation?

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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:** [December 2, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/5 "2002-12-02T03:54:18Z")

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i’m just wondering how to make things glow, say in a movie clip.  
I have a circle in the movie clip, red behind it so it looks like its already glowing.  
i want the circle’s glow to become more intense and then less intense.  
kind of like a light bulb.

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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:** [December 2, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/6 "2002-12-02T04:03:51Z")

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That would just be a gradient and a simple tween.

Check my attached .fla file to see what I mean.

The gradient was done as a radial gradient edited in Window/Color Mixer

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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:** [December 2, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/7 "2002-12-02T04:08:04Z")

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OooOoOhhhhhh…  
ok.

Thanks for your help.🙂

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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:** [December 2, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/8 "2002-12-02T04:09:50Z")

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No problem 🙂

If you have any questions as to what I did I will try and provide a detailed solution 🙂

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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:** [December 2, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-things-glow/8972/9 "2002-12-02T04:12:23Z")

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nope, i got it.  
thanks.