# Tinting out an object

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tinting-out-an-object/298036>\
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**Created:** [October 12, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tinting-out-an-object/298036 "2009-10-12T23:10:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlexWD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@AlexWD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AlexWD)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tinting-out-an-object/298036/1 "2009-10-12T23:10:12Z")

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I’ve done a lot of research and I can’t find exactly what I need. I need a way to dim out a MovieClip. First I tried adding a simple Bitmap with some alpha transparency, but because the MovieClip isn’t perfectly square that doesn’t work right. I then tried the colorTransform class, but that removes all the detail from the object, I just need to make it a little darker, anyone got any ideas?