Transparent Background

[Skeddels]

How do I make the background of my movie transparent in Adobe Flash CS4?

[Johnny]

Convert it to a movieClip (right click > convert to symbol)

Then in the properties menu, adjust it's alpha setting.

[Skeddels]

That option doesn't appear when I right click the stage.

[Skeddels]

Anyone have any idea how to accomplish this? I don't think I was completely clear. Can you change the alpha of the stage like you can change its color?

[tomocles]

because the stage is not your background. Try clicking your background image and hitting f8. choose a name, and there's your symbol. If you dont understand this, please check out adobe's tutorials from the help option of your flash program.

[tomocles]

OH, you want a transparent stage, not to make a created background transparent. This is simple. Firstly, make sure everything you want white or the canvas color colored in, then choose a png. There will be a transparency option. Choose it.

[Skeddels]

At 2/23/09 07:38 PM, tomocles wrote: OH, you want a transparent stage, not to make a created background transparent. This is simple. Firstly, make sure everything you want white or the canvas color colored in, then choose a png. There will be a transparency option. Choose it.

Wait, I'm not following this. Where did you get the png from?

[Johnny]

Are you trying to make it like those ads that are on web pages now, where there is just an image floating on top of the page, that don't have rectangular borders?

[Skeddels]

I guess it could be similar to that, but actually what I am doing is created a little movie to play in a PowerPoint presentation for school. Some literature assignment we have to present.

[Johnny]

At 2/23/09 08:08 PM, Skeddels wrote: I guess it could be similar to that, but actually what I am doing is created a little movie to play in a PowerPoint presentation for school. Some literature assignment we have to present.

Export it as a .gif

File > publish settings. Click .gif and then mess with the settings. You can then import that .gif into PP.

[tomocles]

skettles, please go read the flash tutorials provided by adobe. It should explain what you need to ask, in depth.

[Skeddels]

Export it as a .gif

Would that allow the frames and actionscript within the move to run?

[Johnny]

At 2/23/09 08:32 PM, Skeddels wrote:

Export it as a .gif

Would that allow the frames and actionscript within the move to run?

Frames, yes. Actionscript, no.

[Deadclever23]

In html you can set a flash object to have a transparent stage but it is no use in a powerpoint as far as I know.

[Denvish]

Dunno whether Powerpoint uses or is similar to HTML at all, but you can embed a swf in an HTML page and add the parameter "wmode", value "transparent" to the swf object/embed tags, ie

<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />

[Ashed-Dreams]

There is a much easier method. Use the same background you use in your powerpoint project in your flash movie.