symbolInstance.blendMode

#### Availability

Flash 8.

#### Usage

symbolInstance.blendMode

#### Description

Property; a string that specifies the blending mode to be applied to a movie clip symbol. Acceptable values are "normal", "layer", "multiply", "screen", "overlay", "hardlight", "lighten", "darken", "difference", "add", "subtract", "invert", "alpha", and "erase".

#### Example

The following example sets the blending mode for the first movie clip symbol in the first frame on the first level to add:

javascript

fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].blendMode = "add";

document.setBlendMode() (../Document_object/docum460.md)