# Possibly simple alpha fade with AS problem. PLEASE HELP

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possibly-simple-alpha-fade-with-as-problem-please-help/247085
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**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possibly-simple-alpha-fade-with-as-problem-please-help/247085 "2007-12-18T12:12:17Z")
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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: [December 18, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possibly-simple-alpha-fade-with-as-problem-please-help/247085/1 "2007-12-18T12:12:17Z")

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Hi all. I’m learning how to tween instances using AS and not the timeline but I’ve run into a rather odd little problem regarding Alpha fades. It seems that the instance I’m fading in only remains on screen for a while (a minute or two) and then promptly disappears. Similarly in a simple slideshow I’ve made (where the images just fade in over the top of one another) the second rotation runs without a fade in/out. Here’s the code I’m using attched to the instance:-

On clipEvent (enterFrame);  
instance = +10