How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background Flash tutorial

The background of a Flash movie can be set to transparent. This allows the background color or image of the HTML page that contains the Flash movie to show through and allows the layering of Flash content with DHTML content.

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How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background Flash tutorial

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