# How Do I Make My Text Fade?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 14, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342 "2002-07-14T18:29:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Jubbas\_Dad](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jubbas_Dad)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/1 "2002-07-14T18:29:02Z")
I need to have my text fade until they are blank. I have seen it done a bunch, and I would also like to know if it is the same with Pictures and stuff… Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/2 "2002-07-14T19:32:22Z")
Hello Jubbas Dad…, fading text and any other element in Flash it quite simple.
The first thing you need to do is create a text field. Once you have one made, select it and convert it into a movie clip (F8 keyboard shortcut). Now you can use a motion tween to animate the alpha value of the movie clip with the text inside.
🙂
-ptolemy
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/3 "2002-07-15T05:02:56Z")
Jubbas Dad, hue ?? Nice. There’s a tutorial about that on this site. Just research “motion tween” or “alpha fade” and they should come up.
pom :asian:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/4 "2002-07-15T14:05:56Z")
heres how to do it jubbas dad make your text click it so it gets a blue boxround it make sure its on the arrow tool though right click and go to convert to symbol convert it to a movie clip then right click on it and go to properties click the drop down colour menu to alpha and drag it down to 0% tht will fade it then if your fading it create a keyframe at about 30 and go to properties and drag the alpha to 100% then tween the whole movie
[COLOR=red]-Tom[/COLOR]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/5 "2002-07-15T19:43:26Z")
ive just finished writing kirupa a tutorial on ho to fade text jut a simple flash tutorial so that will help as well
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/6 "2002-07-16T20:56:01Z")
I’ve tried all the clue…, but still had the same problem with jubbas… why?? 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/7 "2002-07-16T21:37:36Z")
Sometimes, when you’re doing everything correctly, and the text still will not fade, it’s because the text is not embedded. Select Character in the properties box, select Embed Font Outlines for All Characters. You may have to convert the static text to dynamic to see this option.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/8 "2002-07-17T16:21:49Z")
thank’s again man!!! u save me twice…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/9 "2002-11-09T20:22:16Z")
Who the hell was that? I Never saw this post… Kinda scary…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/10 "2002-11-09T20:27:35Z")
hehe, is that really ur dad?:q: :cyclops:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/11 "2002-11-10T18:16:46Z")
My father doesn’t even know how to turn on a computer… so no, that wasn’t my father…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-text-fade/342/12 "2003-06-09T13:16:03Z")
ROFL!!! 😛 ,
Maybe your dad isnt telling you something…