fade without tween

[dzr]

I have a slide show in flash mx and I want the pictures to have some sort of transition ... like have it fade into the next picture -- or go from blurry to clear.

Nothing major -- something quick. Right now I have each picture in it's own frame... I had the idea of putting a grey box over the picture and converting it to a movie clip and then performing some action on it ... but I don't know the right way to script it so it goes from solid to fade ... I can put it on the on(release, keypress...) I think ...

(am i losing you?)

i'm a programmer so would rather do this with script then on the timeline with tweening.

Newbie at Flash - I'm sure you can tell!

 

[billwatson]

this will fade one image out and the other in

function loadContent(sNewClip, sOldClip) {
// set the next clip for tracking
_root.currentClip = sNewClip;
// fade out the old clip
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
var oca = _root[sOldClip]._alpha;
oca += (-oca * .25);
// if our alpha is close to 0...
if (oca <=1 ) {
// force it to 0 & change this handler
// to fade in the new clip
oca = 0;
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
var nca = _root[sNewClip]._alpha;
nca += ((100-nca) * .25);
// if we're close, then set & erase
// the handler
if (nca > 99) {
nca = 100;
delete _root.onEnterFrame;
};
};
};
};
};

 

[dzr]

thanks! wow .. it's going to take me a bit to figure that out.

i'm kinda have a tiny bit of luck with this:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this._alpha>=0) {
this._alpha -=25;
_root.alpha_display = this._alpha;
}
}

the first pic needs no fade. and then i click the 'next' and it fades well into the second pic. then the rest of them have no fade.

should i set the alpha back to 0 (or 100) before the if? I assume alpha at 100 is no fade ...
this._alpha=100;

 

[dzr]

no no no... that wont work

 

[billwatson]

simpler over 3 frames

frame 1

image._alpha= 100;//fully visible

frame 2

image._alpha-=1;

frame 3

if (image._alpha==0)(stop();
}else{gotoandplay(2);
}

this will give a fade from fully visible to invisible

to fade in make
frame 1 alpha 0 frame2 += and frame 3==100

 

[dzr]

i'm not sure i'm on the same page with everyone. in fact my stupidity is getting on my own nerves.

this is the file i'm working with

http://inventthewheel.com/duh/drtemplate_fade1.swf

you can see that the first click works but all the rest don't. i think that i have it set up wrong in the timeline.

what i did was create one grey block and made it a movie clip ... then i added the scripting to that. it appears in each frame of the movie (there are 8 - one for each picture) and the code appears in the action panel for each.

Sorry to be so ignorant. there are some basic Flash stuff i need to learn (and don't worry i won't be posting for every little thing)!

 

[billwatson]

post the fla...it easier to find out whats wrong then

 

[dzr]

here you go

http://inventthewheel.com/duh/drtemplate_fade2.fla

you are so nice to take the time

 

[billwatson]

http://billwatson.no-ip.info/public/drtemplate_fade2.fla

a quick and dirty solution but it works
to control the speed of the fade adjust the alpha value in the fader function.

 

[dzr]

OH Great!

i'm always up for whatever works -i'm the queen of duct taping scripts together (i prob. shouldn't brag about that).

thanks so much!