# \[fl8 as2\] using alpha with static text

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fl8-as2-using-alpha-with-static-text/290756
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fl8-as2-using-alpha-with-static-text/290756 "2009-06-19T06:13:05Z")
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### Author: ![proeliumfessus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@proeliumfessus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/proeliumfessus)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fl8-as2-using-alpha-with-static-text/290756/1 "2009-06-19T06:13:05Z")

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I converted a static text field to a mc then thirty frames later inserted a keyframe and droped the mc’s alpha to zero… then created a motion tween between the keyframes… yet for some reason the text isnt fading when I test the movie… it works fine in the flash authoring environment as you click through the frames but it doesnt in the test movie mode… any suggestions? ( i broke the text apart down to shapes and it worked fine, but that of course will cause indexing problems for content with google so this really isnt an option)