# Transparency question re: video **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [July 7, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/56765 "2004-07-07T17:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**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/56765/1 "2004-07-07T17:24:47Z")
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. ---
**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/56765/2 "2004-07-07T20:52:02Z")
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. ---
**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 8, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/56765/3 "2004-07-08T16:46:11Z")
I’m still struggling with this issue and if anyone has anything to contribute I’m listening. 🙂 Even if anyone can help with how something like the following was accomplished. [http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/ondemand/ondemand.cfm?id=122&type=1&promoid=0&trackingid=0&sdid=0](http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/ondemand/ondemand.cfm?id=122&type=1&promoid=0&trackingid=0&sdid=0) ---
**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 8, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/56765/4 "2004-07-08T19:45:42Z")
Well, I know I read somwhere that in the flash publishing settings, you can select somthing to make the movie transparent…Ill look into it more later, I have to get ready for work now 🙂 ---
**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 9, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/56765/5 "2004-07-09T12:49:17Z")
Thanks for your reply. I’m aware of how to make an .swf transparent, but what I was wondering how to do was to make portions of what looks like video, like the background, to be transparent, as well. I think I’ve figured out how to do this with After Effects and export as an swf. in vector format. I’m a total newbie at AE, however, and need to find a way to keep what I made transparent/ masked with Color Key to carry over in the .swf exporting. So far I haven’t had any luck in exporting my Color Key edits from AE. The reason I would like to have the above be available on export is because otherwise I have to manually go frame by frame in Flash and delete the background with the magic wand tool. So even a short video clip at 30fps is going to need a lot of manual editing in Flash. Getting closer to what I want to accomplish, but not quite there yet. ---
**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 9, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparency-question-re-video/56765/6 "2004-07-09T19:43:07Z")
Yeah, I see what you are saying, but unfortunatly, I do not have AE, so I have no idea as to how it can be done…