how to create photo-cycle animation with fades?

[autwind]

Hi - newbie to both this forum and Flash. Just bought CS3 web suite, and have tried the help files to no avail.

I just want a simple animation that cycles through a group of photos, with fade-in/fade-out between each. This is for a portion of a header, so it needs to load easily.

I have made similar ani's in PS, but they are bulky.

Where to start - ?
Do i convert pix to movie clips to enable fades?
Or should they be symbols?
Or objects?

And then what next, to make them appear and disappear?
thanks,
autwind

 

[Jcarr38]

This could help ya..

http://www.toxiclab.org/tutorial.asp?ID=71

 

[autwind]

THANKS!!
This looks like exactly what I need. And what I was trying to do, but now it makes more sense.

~aw