# Transparency question re: video

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/115309>\
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**Created:** [July 7, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/115309 "2004-07-07T17:24:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![winstun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a183cd/32.png) [@winstun](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/winstun)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/115309/1 "2004-07-07T17:24:47Z")

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As per the tute here: [Transparency](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/transparency.htm)

And this link ( Netscape users won’t see it I don’t think ): [http://msn.foxsports.com](http://msn.foxsports.com)  
Wait for the page to load and you should see an embedded swf with a transparent bg of a woman in the bottom left of your browser window.

I’m wondering if they masked the bg in an editing proggy ( think green-screen ) and when imported into Flash that the flash movie with the video when exported and set to wmode=transparent would it in fact show up transparent except the part of the vid you want opaque?

Sorry if the wording is a bit fuddled.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  
Thanks in advance.

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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 7, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/115309/2 "2004-07-07T20:52:02Z")

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Okay to lessen the request a little bit.

How to import the video, even embedded, to flash so the background is transparent.

I thought and tried to do layer mask in Flash but this would be way too time consuming, and plain unrealistic to get a fluid look.

I’m thinking now that it may be After Effects but seeing as how I just installed here at work and no-one in the office knows how to use it, I’m forced to teach myself a bit by reading the help files. ☹

So if any has even the slightest inclination or at least a suggestion it would be great.