# Making text glow in Flash MX **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [February 12, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-text-glow-in-flash-mx/13352 "2003-02-12T00:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ien\_Shikaku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@Ien\_Shikaku](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ien_Shikaku)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-text-glow-in-flash-mx/13352/1 "2003-02-12T00:35:29Z")
Ok…I’m sort of a noob at Flash. I know what to do on most things but still don’t know a lot about the capabilities and functions of Flash. I have Flash MX and I want to make text glow on the outer edges. I have been told by a friend who is really good at Flash, that I need to break apart the text. I have no clue what to do after that. Would somebody mind writing up a small tutorial so that I can finally learn how to do this (starting from the beginning…ex: Create new document…etc.)? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-text-glow-in-flash-mx/13352/2 "2003-02-12T00:41:26Z")
Use “soften fill edges” after you’ve brocken the text apart. pom :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:** [February 12, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-text-glow-in-flash-mx/13352/3 "2003-02-12T01:18:49Z")
heres a little batter Majeye and I did about glow in Flash. this might help you get an idea of what you might need considering in your situation 🙂 [http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12813](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12813)