RE: FLASH: RE: making objects transparent

[Campbell, Clyde]

	Hi Tim,


	The easiest way for me to make an object transparent is to use

Macromedia Freehand. I import my picture (say the bmp file of the tram),

then trace all the parts I want deleted in a layer above the picture. (The

best to do here is to choose a bright red/green/pink  color to make it

easier.) If you save the file as an swf  it will import into flash as a

series of two keyframes. The topmost layer in Freehand will be your second

keyframe -

	1 select the objects in the second keyframe, copy them to the

clipboard

	2 paste them over the picture (ctrl-shift-v) in the first keyframe

(pic of your tram)- make sure it is broken apart first

	3 break apart everything again to make sure there are no groups in

the red/green part you want to delete.

	4 click on the red or green parts and press delete!


> >Can anyone advise me on the procedure in Flash 3 for making an object

> >transparent. I want to import a CD file of

> >a tram. The tram is set against a white background and appears in a

> white

> >box on the Flash screen when it is imported. I can't figure out how

> to get

> >rid of the white background so that the tram can move against the

> >backgrounds I already have set up in Flash.

> 

> 

> Break apart the image then either erase the white background or you

> can select then delete it.  Be careful if you do the latter since it

> will also delete any other white areas that are adjacent.

> 

> Karin

> 

> 

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