Help With Fading In Text

[Nosdron]

Once I have faded in text - how do I get it to stay in position?

At the moment I have line of text that fades in over a number of frames. Once it reaches full visibility, I then have to overwrite it with the same text in a static position with full visibility to allow other things to continue around it.

However this causes the screen to blink and the placement is never exactly the same, so it appears 'jerky' on the screen.

Basically - How do I extend a tranformation to stay on screen when it has finished the transformation ?

Thanks - sorry if this is a dumb question... ;-)

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Put "stop();"

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[Nosdron]

Thanks Kenneth for your quick reply, your help is very much appreciated.

I want it to fade in over 30 seconds, and then stop in place for a minute when other things happen around it. Its kind of an intro scene

However when I add the STOP() sign it plays my fade in once then removes my transition from the screen.

I added the stop() in the last from of the transformation - did I do this wrong ?

Sorry if I am confusing you...

Thanks

Dan

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Yes I am confused indeed! Is your fading text in the movie clip or on the main timeline? Is your fading done with ActionScript or are you using timeline tween?

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[Nosdron]

its in the main timeline using timeline tween

It fades in over 30 seconds, and then I want it to stay at the last point that it got to, i.e. full visibility for about a minute

I can half solve it by making the same text just appear when the transformation finishes but it never quite lines up the same.

If you like i am looking for a :

'Fade in and then stay where you are and visible' function

Once again, thanks

 

[kennethkawamoto]

You don't need any function or anything. At the first key frame (frame 1) the _alpha is 0, and the second key frame (frame 30) the _alpha is 100. Unless you add another key frame and a tween, the _alpha will stay 100 for ever.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[oldnewbie]

Rather than having your text fx on the main timeline, insert it in a new movie clip, with a stop(); action on the last frame, once your fade in is complete.

On the last frame add...

stop();
_level0.play();

Clear the main timeline of your fade in tween, and drag an instance of your new created movie clip from the Library to the stage on it's own layer, and add a stop(); action on the first frame of the main timeline.

Add your other animations on the main timeline, after that first frame, and add as many frames on the movie clip's layer, to cover the rest of your movie, or at least until you would possible want to not see your faded in text clip.

What will happen, is that the main timeline will stop on it's first frame, and the text mc will fade in. When it's done, the second action at the end of the movie clip (_level0.play()) will set the main timeline in motion, so that your other animations occur.
The text movie clip should remain visible as long as you add frames to it's layer of the main timeline.

If you still can't get it going, post a link to your .fla, or register at

http://www.webwasp.co.uk/forum/index.php

, where you can attach your .fla to the forum.

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