# Loading swfs, Alpha Effect Fade In/Out
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swfs-alpha-effect-fade-in-out/2649
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 17, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swfs-alpha-effect-fade-in-out/2649 "2002-05-17T21:26:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swfs-alpha-effect-fade-in-out/2649/1 "2002-05-17T21:26:13Z")
I have looked and looked for some code or tutorials on this…but have been unsuccessful.
Here is how I have set up a site I am building…real basic I know.
Level 0 - Main Navigation - contains background images, nav, etc
Level 1 - Subpages - (loaded ontop of Level 0) - some of which contain actions to fire other swfs that are loaded onto Level 2 and above (such as scrolling text boxes).
So Here’s my question…when you use the load movie command…in this case, I am using buttons on my main nav (level 0) to fire the load movie command for subpage swfs located on level 1…is there a script that I can write that would make the level 1 swf fade (dissolve) on using the \_alpha command instead of just appearing (from thin air…like a cut in videospeak)???. Is there a way to create a similar transition for unloading the swf as well? Can you tell that I come from a video background and not coding???
Help me please. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swfs-alpha-effect-fade-in-out/2649/2 "2002-05-17T22:11:43Z")
Why not make that directly in the clip you’re loading ? It should be easier.
pom 0]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swfs-alpha-effect-fade-in-out/2649/3 "2002-05-18T02:33:45Z")
yeah… that’s tough… I’d say that Pom is on the mark.
Create the fading effect in the movie itself so that it performs this before reaching the loadMovie(); command.