# How Do i create a fading effect

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-fading-effect/15064>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 10, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-fading-effect/15064 "2003-03-10T17:02:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![twilight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@twilight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/twilight)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-fading-effect/15064/1 "2003-03-10T17:02:37Z")

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how would one create a fading effect. An example of this is in the background image on

[http://protelecom.net/experimental/gaimage/flashindex.html](http://protelecom.net/experimental/gaimage/flashindex.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-fading-effect/15064/2 "2003-03-10T17:36:41Z")

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hey **twilight** =)

**welcome to the new and improved kirupaville !! 😛 😉**

i think that’s just a gradient moving over the actual image. a motion tween should do 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-fading-effect/15064/3 "2003-03-10T18:00:34Z")

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OMG THAT SITE IS SOO SWEET 😛 😛

very well done 🙂