Re: FLASH: semi transparent layers...again

[Marc Hoffman]

At 07:36 AM 11/17/98 -0500, you wrote:

>sorry, that last letter had too many typos, so here it is again.

>

>In Flash3, i know how to make a spotlight mask, but is there anyway to

make it

>so the layer that the spotlight is on is sort of transparent? I want to

create

>a spotlight, but i want to be able to sort of see whats beneath the spotlight

>layer before i do, thank in advance!

>-Derek

>


Make the layer a normal layer, color the spotlight with a semi-transparent

color (or with a symbol made 50% alpha).  When you hav it all positioned

the way you like, turn the spotlight layer into a mask layer.  BTW, mask

layers look normal in the authoring environment unless both the mask and

masked layers are locked.



Marc Hoffman

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