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Fading; How do you fade thing in and out
Topic Started: Oct 13 2004, 02:03 AM (179 Views)
Genocide
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O you helpful people!!! :D please can you tell me how to fade things in and out in flash mx.
And does anyone have any ideas for a movie, much apreciated
all the best
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Ranoka
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You have to motion tween the alpha setting on a symbol.

http://hiylea.com/alphatween.fla

I made this file for you to try and show you what I mean, easier then describing.
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Genocide
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Thanx a lot!
this helps
Many thanx
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Ranoka
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You're welcome, I'm glad I could help :)
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akpaintslinger
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I, too am wondering how to create a fade effect... without going to each individual frame and lowering/raising a few percentages. :P

When I downloaded that movie you made it said [Unexpected file format] then closed!
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akpaintslinger
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Which version of Flash do you use?

It may be that I'm using Flash 5 and you're using MX perhaps?
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Thanatos
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Ok, just creat a symbol
have it at either 100% apha or 0% alpha.
place like 20 frames or how ever much.
then palce a keyframe
then change the symbol's alpha to either 100 or 0 and tween it ( motion tween )

that should work, im me if you need help.
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akpaintslinger
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I need help from someone familiar with Flash 5! I can't find out how to make my symbols fade in and out!
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thirstyforchicken
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Artist? Maybe? Please?
On the first keyframe of a tween, have a symbol at 100% opacity. Then on the last keyframe of the tween, set it to 0% or however much you want. It's the same thing in either version of Flash.
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akpaintslinger
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Still no dice...
The symbol doesn't respond to me editing it's opacity (or alpha). When I set it to zero anyways, the fill of the symbol stays the same. :(
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thirstyforchicken
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Artist? Maybe? Please?
Do you have a tween there. This is one of the most basic things in Flash.....it shouldn't be a glitch.
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akpaintslinger
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Yep... Didn't forget the tween.

I've tried it nearly a dozen times, starting over with brand new slates every time. <_<
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akpaintslinger
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I got it! Seems flash 5 requires a bit more fooling around with than the newer versions. <_<

Thanks, Thirstyforchicken!

I'm thinking of all the hours I've wasted manually editing each keyframe for my fade effects, changing the alpha by 3-5% on each one from fade to finish. :P
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thirstyforchicken
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What was the problem? I'm curious..... :rolleyes:
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