# Is there any way to set the transparent property in a BitmapData?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-set-the-transparent-property-in-a-bitmapdata/267931>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 7, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-set-the-transparent-property-in-a-bitmapdata/267931 "2008-08-07T12:43:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![OML](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5e9695/32.png) [@OML](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OML)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-set-the-transparent-property-in-a-bitmapdata/267931/1 "2008-08-07T12:43:12Z")

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There’s only a get property that returns a boolean value implying whether the BitmapData can allow transparency.

Is there anyway I can set a loaded Bitmap’s transparent value from the default ‘false’ to ‘true’?

Thanks,  
Oby