# How do I make fading text?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-fading-text/112746>\
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**Created:** [June 11, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-fading-text/112746 "2004-06-11T01:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lugiart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ec9cab/32.png) [@Lugiart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lugiart)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-fading-text/112746/1 "2004-06-11T01:14:32Z")

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Hello, and if you haven’t noticed, I’m a newbie.

I’m wondering how I could make fading text. What I’m trying to accomplish is to have 10 blank frames in the beginning, and after that, some text SLOWLY fades in. I have no clue how to do that, and I have been trying for hours.

Now, instead of struggling, I came to ask here. So the question is:

How do you fade in text?

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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:** [June 11, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-fading-text/112746/2 "2004-06-11T19:56:00Z")

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“Test Movie” still won’t work. I did exactly what you said, and it doesn’t play properly. All it shows are the 2 texts in 100% alpha, and nothing fades in or out.

This is pissing me off. “Play” works, but “Test Movie” doesn’t.