# Shiny Letters

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shiny-letters/23506>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 18, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shiny-letters/23506 "2003-06-18T19:24:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Hydr0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hydr0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hydr0)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shiny-letters/23506/1 "2003-06-18T19:24:55Z")

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Hey all, I’m looking to spice up some text that I have. What I want to do is make it appear as if light flashes across it. The best example of this is at  
[Pixelranger.com](http://www.pixelranger.com)  
After you hit enter, his logo appears and bright light flashes across it. I see this often, but I don’t know the best way to do it. Can anyone help me? Thanks for your time.

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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:** [June 18, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shiny-letters/23506/2 "2003-06-18T19:26:31Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/lightingmask.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/lightingmask.htm) :sigh: