need a dummies walk through.....

[coldfused]

dave or old ,
i need a dummies walk through for fading text.
want my text to come out from being invisible fade up and away.i know this is dumb but i am having problems .the alpha thing.trying to understand.

thanks in advance(don't laugh it's not funny)

 

[coldfused]

ok old i remember you saying this:


fade in hold fade out
0-------0-------------0---------0
motion between 1-2 and 3-4
frame 1 alpha 0
last frame alpha 0

two questions:
1)when converting to symbol,which symbol do i convert to.
2)and how do i access the alpha settings.

if it is in the mixer pallete i change the alpha to 0 but it does nothing.

 

[oldnewbie]

Do you want a short .fla answering your question?

;-) "If nothing else, I can always serve as a bad example!”

 

[oldnewbie]

B-) "If nothing else, I can always serve as a bad example!”

 

[coldfused]

an explanation and the file would be appreciated.how do i get to the alpha settings for the instance?and i'll give you to stars.......

 

[coldfused]

hey old i got it now..effect<alpha was what i was looking for.your answer was in another post.got it working fine now thanks anyway.

(by the way, you still got your star)

 

[katiekat]

http://www.designsbymark.com/flashtut/index.shtml

There are some simple tutorials here.

(-: Holy tek-tips batman!

 

[oldnewbie]

I ain't seein' no star!
Do you need a tutorial!

;-) &quot;If nothing else, I can always serve as a bad example!”

 

[kjonnnnn]

Here's how I faded.
Create your text.
Place it where u want it.
Click on INSERT, Convert to Symbol
Then click on the timeline how long u want the whole thing to last.
Press f6 to make it a key frame.
Somewhere between the first and last keyframe, right click and make and Create Motion Tween
Click somewhere in the middle and create a 3rd keyframe

Example KF=keyframe

KF1................KF3................KF2

Click on the first keyframe (KF1)
then click on MODIFY, then Instance
Once you choose Alpha...... set the number to 0
For keyframe 3 (KF3) set it to 99 (not 100, it jerks)
For keyframe 2 set it to 0

Hope I havent left anything out.

 

[jackaster]

maybe try this...........



FlaX



saves way too much time!!!!

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