# Fade in on an external movie clip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-on-an-external-movie-clip/209272
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 7, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-on-an-external-movie-clip/209272 "2006-12-07T11:28:28Z")
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### Author: ![sarahdc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@sarahdc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarahdc)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-on-an-external-movie-clip/209272/1 "2006-12-07T11:28:28Z")

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Hi all:

I’m sure this is a simple question but doing searches, I’ve found plenty but none that answer my exact question.

I have a movie that calls out to a jpg on the server. I did so using an empty container method. Here’s my code:

```auto
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);
container.loadMovie("[splash.jpg](http://www.tenneymtn.com/skiing/assets/home/splash.jpg)");
container._x = 10;
container._y = 36;
container._alpha=100;

```

That works, but, I would like to mask it. I can do this easily enough with imported images, but it does not seem to work with loaded images.

Also, on the image, I would like a simple tween of alpha for 0 to 100% say in about 10 frames.

Any and all help would be very appreciated!

S