Transparency values

[JKA@4153]

Hi everyone,  I'm trying to lower the alpha transparency of a background using Actionscript 3.  The following still seems too dark:  background_mc.alpha += .01;  Can anyone tell me how to get this to be even more transparent?  I tried:  background_mc.alpha += .001;  But this didn't do anything.  Appreciate any advice.

[Ned Murphy]

Alpha works from 0 to 1, 0 being totally transparent and 1 being fully opaque.  If you are adding to the alpha value, you are making it less transparent.

I'm not sure what you are doing using +=.  If you intend it to be a statiuc transparent value, then just assign a value...

background_mc.alpha = .1;

[artguate]

Exactly what Ned said.

For reference   the  += operator  adds to the current value.

For example:

var value:int = 6;

value += 2;   //  this is equal to  value =  value + 2

trace(value);    // this will print 8  because   6 + 2 = 8

So, like Ned said.

In your example,  If the value of alpha was already 0.5 or anything, and you += anything to it, you are making it less transparent.

[JKA@4153]

Thanks for the replies,

Assigning .1 to the alpha property instead of using += has worked.

[Ned Murphy]

You're welcome