# Please Help With Transparency

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-transparency/716>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [July 26, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-transparency/716 "2002-07-26T17:15:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![billz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@billz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/billz)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-transparency/716/1 "2002-07-26T17:15:52Z")

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Hi…

Ive completed some wireframe text and now i want to know how to make it transparent so that i can put it in front of a jpg or swf file and be able to see through the text…

thanks

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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:** [July 30, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-transparency/716/2 "2002-07-30T20:51:34Z")

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Just import into Flash, once in Flash you can set your alpha values to what you like.