Annoying Flash! 'odd' behaviour

[Wazz]

Evening Guys,
I am having a very fustrating time with doing the simplest of tasks with flash. I am using flash 5 and I am trying to simply fade in an object. simple.

I create a blank key frame on my time line and then paste into place my graphic. (I have tried this everyway almost possible). I then alter the alpha setting to 0%. 15 frames later I insert another blank key frame and paste into place the same graphic. if I then twen this shouldnt flash just fade in the graphic?

When I click on create motion tween, it is replacing my last frame (which is the full and exposed graphic) with the same as in the first key frame. Or if I do it tye other way and create the motion tween before setting the alpha value, flash moves my graphics, without me (knowingly) telling it to.

I have done this numerous times before, a while ago, and am getting really annoyed that I cant get it to work properly again.

Can flash be unpradictable in the way it works? Or is it user error?

Please can someone tell me how they would do it so I can copy it.

Cheers

Wazz

 

[oldnewbie]

Insert your graphic on frame 1.
Select frame 30 and press F5.
Now select frame 16 and press F6.
Select (hilight) the first 15 frames and create motion tween... Doted line appears.
Select frame 15, and press F6. Bingo motion tween.
Select frame 1, and set alpha to 0%.

Your graphic will fade in for 15 frames and hold for the next 15. Regards,

 

[Wazz]

Evening,
Following your instructions to the latter does not give the correct effect as I want it.
When I highlight the first 15 frames and create a motion tween I get the arrow straight away... not the dotted line and also the graphic moves when the tween is created.. without me telling it to.
Does it make a difference that im not starting a fresh animation? I have done a basic break apart for some text and just want it to fade back it in. I have done the fade in as you stated above and that works fine.. I am trying/need to get this to work in one movie clip.

 

[oldnewbie]

You haven't followed my steps! Regards,