# Alpha fades won't work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-fades-wont-work/210515>\
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**Created:** [December 19, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-fades-wont-work/210515 "2006-12-19T17:10:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![rpain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@rpain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rpain)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-fades-wont-work/210515/1 "2006-12-19T17:10:28Z")

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Hi,

I’m just creating a devastatingly simple intro to a website (see attached) and want to create the overstate of the ‘enter’ button as a fade in/out. I’ve created a graphic symbol of text ‘enter’, then created another movie symbol ‘enterpulse’ which contains the enter graphic symbol - here’s where the fade in/out takes place and then finally inserted it in the up state of the button. I can get the movie to work with motion but not fades.

This is one of the things about flash that irritates me is where a problem can occur and there’s no obvious solution. I don’t use it enough to warrent spending the time to learn it, though so I suppose I’m part of the problem…

Thanks for any advice,

Richard