# Text and Alpha Animation Issues?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-and-alpha-animation-issues/277903>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 18, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-and-alpha-animation-issues/277903 "2008-12-18T16:23:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![ejewels52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@ejewels52](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ejewels52)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-and-alpha-animation-issues/277903/1 "2008-12-18T16:23:27Z")

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Hello,

I’ve run into an issue in CS4 with timeline animation. When I create a classic motion tween on a movieclip that has a static text field in it, the published .SWF doesn’t render the animation. The text field in the MC is static and set to “anti-alias for animation”. The tween applied to the MC is just a simple 0-100 alpha animation. I’ve found when I break apart the text into artwork it does work. What am I doing wrong??

Thanks in advance…