Re: FLASH: Simple background question

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 02:10 AM 1/15/00 , you wrote:

>Hi,

>I wonder if it's possible to create a swf movie with a transparent 

>background, so that when I'll put it in my HTML page I will see the 

>background image of that page under the swf movie.

>Hope someone would help me,

>thank you,

>Marco Berti


Only in IE, using Window Mode=Transparent. Won't work in Netscape. You can 

try to fake it using matching background colors (not always 100% 

convincing, depending on monitor color bit depth) but of course a 

background image in the HTML will not show through.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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