# Set \_alpha on everything but one mc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set--alpha-on-everything-but-one-mc/148053>\
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**Created:** [May 16, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set--alpha-on-everything-but-one-mc/148053 "2005-05-16T19:06:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Henxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Henxon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Henxon)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set--alpha-on-everything-but-one-mc/148053/1 "2005-05-16T19:06:01Z")

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Hello

do any of u have a clever way of setting \_alpha on everything to 30, except for one movieclip?  
I tried with \*\_root.\_alpha= 30; \*and then trying to change the mc’s \_alpha to 100, but that didn’t work…

/henxon:puzzled: