BitmapData transparent background

[ericflash]

How can I get the background of a BitmapData to be transparent. The reason for this is the movieclip it is taking the snapshot from is a movieclip with text inside it so it should just show the text without a white background. I tried to set the transparent value to true but that didn't work, any ideas?

	private function createBitmapData(source, containerName:String):MovieClip{
		
		var bitmapHolder:MovieClip=mcHolder.createEmptyMovieClip(containerName,mcHolder.getNextHighestDepth());
		var bmpData = new BitmapData(source._width, source._height, true);
		bmpData.draw(source);
		bitmapHolder.attachBitmap(bmpData, 1, "never", true);
		return bitmapHolder;
	}

[austriaman]

This is much easier than you think. Just go to --> Modify --> Bitmap --> Trace. Now get rid of the white areas by simply deleting them manually. Hope that I'm not on the wrong track and that this is what you were looking for.
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[ericflash]

Thanks for the help but this is not what i'm after. When you create a new BitmapData object it places a white color in it I need a way to set it to be transparent.

[deadbeat]

Add the fillColor parameter when you create the BitmapData object - by default it will fill with solid white:

code:

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var bmpData = new BitmapData(source._width, source._height, true,0x00FFFFFF);

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http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/ma....html#wp140607

K.

[ericflash]

Ah that's it thank you so much.