# Making a movieclip flash/blink

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movieclip-flash-blink/328152>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 23, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movieclip-flash-blink/328152 "2012-04-23T03:23:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikeL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mikeL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikeL)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movieclip-flash-blink/328152/1 "2012-04-23T03:23:50Z")

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Hello all,  
I’m creating a game which has a healthbar. I want the health bar to blink couple of times when it goes over a certain amount or goes below a certain amount. How could I achieve this in AS3?

I have a bar, which is a movie clip. Say it is called

> healthBar\_mc

Is there a way to call some functions/methods which will make the movie clip blink/flash?

With much thanks,  
Mike