# Trasnparency! help meeee **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 2, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172 "2003-04-02T03:37:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@Hawk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/1 "2003-04-02T03:37:23Z")
ahhhhh help! (btw hi again guys, i havent posted in awhile and i hope you can help me) im having trouble with transparency… when i play my movie (site made in flash) within flash mx it seems fine, but when i test it (control\>test movie) and when i export/publish it, the transparency doesnt work, but only on some things… on others it does. i am thouroughly confused about this… if you need me to post the file just tell me thanks mirage :trout: ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/2 "2003-04-02T03:54:44Z")
would you be talking about transparency on type? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/3 "2003-04-02T03:56:49Z")
the type is a graphic symbol so it is not text anymore… or am i wrong? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/4 "2003-04-02T03:59:37Z")
depends on what the type is set at, is it dynamic text or static? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/5 "2003-04-02T04:05:54Z")
cant tell now… its a symbol the alpha is set at 10 and stays at that amount throughout its motion tween ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/6 "2003-04-02T04:14:19Z")
post ur fla. i ll check it out 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/7 "2003-04-02T04:23:19Z")
here it is… it is retarded and definetly not finished (its too big to post here so i will upload it to tripod and give the link) heres link: [http://jellomirage.tripod.com/x42.fla](http://jellomirage.tripod.com/x42.fla) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/8 "2003-04-02T04:24:52Z")
\*\*\*\*… it doesnt work… !@#$% the file is about 210kb, how else can i give it to u? ill email it to you if you give me your email address ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/9 "2003-04-02T05:02:05Z")
you must embed the font outline in order to change the alpha of dynamic text =) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/10 "2003-04-02T05:22:48Z")
ahhh ty ty ty, ive heard that before… must not be thinkin right @ 12 am :!: (and to lessen confusion, how do i do that? can i do it after turning the type into a symbol?) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/11 "2003-04-02T05:29:42Z")
yeah… double click over the symbol to edit it, select the text field and click the _character…_ button in the properties panel 😉 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/12 "2003-04-02T05:53:28Z")
ty again man ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/13 "2003-04-02T06:09:14Z")
tada, thx to kax and soulty for helpin me out, heres what i got so far… tel me what you guys think [http://jellomirage.tripod.com/index\_x4.htm](http://jellomirage.tripod.com/index_x4.htm) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/14 "2003-04-02T09:40:18Z")
Sorry Mirage, had to run out before, so i couldnt help you out earlier, lucky kax could help you out. I was going to say that as well, lol. 😉 looks pretty kool, glad you worked it all out. :::soulty::😏:: ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/15 "2003-04-02T17:18:25Z")
yea no problem, thx again ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/16 "2003-04-02T17:27:39Z")
aww wtf, it doesnt 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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/17 "2003-04-02T17:28:43Z")
? what dosent work? link is fine. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/18 "2003-04-02T17:29:38Z")
the uploaded version works fine, but the main .fla that i have on my HDD is F\*\*ked up now… and i already embedded the fonts… ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/19 "2003-04-02T17:33:14Z")
you probably didnt save the one you changed, and tested the movie when you were making the changes, thats why the swf works and the the fla on your hardrive does not. otherwise it should work. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trasnparency-help-meeee/17172/20 "2003-04-02T22:00:55Z")
well i got it fixed either way… peace