Add a fade?

[Claire_murphy]

Hi. I recently posted a question to help explain how to fade but it was above me. Basically I need BIOG_PHOTOS to fade in from 0 - 100 on release. If someone could show me how it’s done and explain the code for me that would be a big help so I can implement it to other files.

on (release) {
movie = “BIOG_PHOTOS.swf”;
_root.container3._alpha = 100;
_root.container3.loadMovie(movie); _root.container2._alpha = 100;}

Looking forward to some much needed help.
Claire

[Rob_Hed]

How do you control the speed of that fade? I got it to work but don’t really understand how it works.
thanks,

@prototype

A good start but movie should be declared as a variable, loadMovie instance (movie) should be in quotes. You also need to set the holder clip, _root.container3 _alpha to zero before tween or it will show before you can tween it. In the tween function, the number 35 is the number of seconds/frames it will take to fade. You can change this to a lower number for a faster fade. If the time is followed by true it will fade in seconds. If it is followed by false it will fade in frames.

[AS]on (release) {
_root.container3._alpha = 0;

var movie = “BIOG_PHOTOS.swf”;
_root.container3.loadMovie(“movie”);
new mx.transitions.Tween(_root.container3, “_alpha”, mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeOut, 0, 100, 35, false);
}[/AS]

[Rob_Hed]

@Rob Hed

How do you control the speed of that fade? I got it to work but don’t really understand how it works.
thanks,

Found my anwer in the help. I never knew that was even a feature. Pretty cool. (In case anyone cares, it’s the 3rd parameter)

[prototype]

Try these links for more info:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/tweening.html

http://www.gotoandlearn.com/index.html - Down the list to Tween Class

[TheCanadian]

@Rob Hed

Found my anwer in the help. I never knew that was even a feature. Pretty cool. (In case anyone cares, it’s the 3rd parameter)

Actually it’s the sixth parameter

mx.transitions.Tween(object:Object, property:String, easeType:Function, begin:Number, finish:Number, duration:Number, useSeconds:Boolean);