# Problems making sparkling effect

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-making-sparkling-effect/178014>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-making-sparkling-effect/178014 "2006-02-07T04:20:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![orlybabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@orlybabe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/orlybabe)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-making-sparkling-effect/178014/1 "2006-02-07T04:20:05Z")

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I’m trying to make a star sparkle or twink effect, where a number of them sparkle and dissapear on random spots on the page. I can make one star sparkle, but don’t know how to make it randomly appear on other parts of the page, like how you would make a snow or rain effect. The other problem is that I need to insert this movie into a frame where I have a preloader, so the whole thing runs with the preloader- but I tried inserting one sparkle, when I run the preloader it just keeps sparkling over and over and looks wierd. What i want to make happen, is to have one sparkle appear then dissapear, followed by another in a different location, until the loading is finished. Help!