# Alpha Fade load

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-fade-load/270248
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 7, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-fade-load/270248 "2008-09-07T17:24:50Z")
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### Author: ![peejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@peejay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/peejay)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-fade-load/270248/1 "2008-09-07T17:24:50Z")

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Hi, AS2 query for you…

I’m loading a background into a background container with the following code:

loadMovie(“backgrounds/bkg\_wht.swf”,bgContainer);

I’d like it to load in a 4 second alpha fading load instead of just a hard load. Any ideas what code I need to write?

THanks heaps in advance!