Tutorials — How to make Flash (.swf) transparent

This tutorial will show you how to make a Flash movie (SWF) files with a transparent background.

Browsers that support Flash Transparency

Internet Explorer 3 or higher (Windows)
Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher (Macintosh)*
Netscape 7.0*
Mozilla 1.0 or higher*
Firefox*
Safari
AOL*
CompuServe*

* Macromedia Flash Player version 6,0,65,0 (Windows) or 6,0,67,0 (Macintosh) or higher required for this feature.

HTML Code

After you have your HTML page setup so it displays your Flash file, open it up so you can view and edit the HTML code. You should see code similar to the following to display the Flash file.

To make the background transparent, you will need to add the WMODE parameters.
1. Add the following parameter to the OBJECT tag

2. Add the following parameter to the EMBED tag.

wmode="transparent"

Your HTML code should look similar to the following after adding the WMODE parameters, where the changes are shown in red.