picture fading in/ fading help

[surfinrcp]

Hey gang I am trying to get a picture to fade in on my intro. And for the life of me cant get it done. I am have adjusting the easing but that seems to have no effect. I just have images popping up essentially I just can get them to start from a point where they are invisible, how do I do it?

[Niann]

Import the pictures into the frame you want to start the fade from. Select the picture and convert it to a symbol, ( Insert> Convert to Symbol, or select it and hit [F8] same thing) Position it where you want it, and right click the frame in the timeline and choose Insert Keyframe. Jump ahead a few frames (however long you want it to fade.) Right click and Insert Keyframe. Go back to the first keyframe and select your pic. Then open the Effect window ( Window> Panels> Effect) and in the pulldown box select Alpha, grab the slider and pull it to zero. or just type in 0 in the box. Right click inbetween the two keyframes on the main timeline, and select Create Motion Tween. The frames should turn purple and you will be all set. Any additional questions feel free!

Cheers!
-Niann

[upuaut8]

:) Wow that's a good explination.. I didn't realize that you could do that in that order, I always create my motion tween first. I'm going to have to try that out... I think that it might have some advantages.

[ilyaslamasse]

Yeah, that was something that struck in your tutorial about Ray of Light : you created your tweens bEFORE putting the second keyframe... I thought it was a typo of some sort :D

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[upuaut8]

nope.. that's just the way I've always done it. :)