# Pause fade out

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-fade-out/228512>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 8, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-fade-out/228512 "2007-06-08T12:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![AgentOrange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@AgentOrange](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AgentOrange)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-fade-out/228512/1 "2007-06-08T12:49:18Z")

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Hi all, I’m putting something together in Flash using AS in place of tweens (so I can learn AS) and I’ve run up against a little problem. I have an image covered with three blocks that I’m fading out using AS so they act as masks. Problem is, I’d like the second to run after a slight delay and the third after that. How can I do that?  
Here’s my fade code that’s attached to the instance on-stage.

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {  
speed = 2;  
this.\_alpha -= 30;  
}