Tween + ease help please

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Hi gang
I was able to gather the following script from various sources online… Basically what this does is calls some images from an XML file and fades them in and fades them out randomly.

However, I would like the effect to cross-fade the images rather than fade them out before fading another in… That way there isn’t a white space in between images…

Could anyone help?

import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

pauseTime = 2000;

xmlImages = new XML();
xmlImages.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlImages.onLoad = loadImages;
xmlImages.load("flash/images.xml");

function loadImages(loaded) {
    if (loaded) {
        xmlFirstChild = this.firstChild;
        imageFileName = [];
        totalImages = xmlFirstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes.length;
        for (i=0; i<totalImages; i++) {
            imageFileName* = xmlFirstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes*.attributes.title;
        }
        randomImage();
    }
}
function randomImage() {
    if (loaded == filesize) {
        var ran = Math.round(Math.random() * (totalImages - 1));
        picture_mc._alpha = 0;  // Start image clip as invisible
        picture_mc.loadMovie(imageFileName[ran], 1);  //Load random image from xml
        var pictureTweenIn:Tween = new Tween (picture_mc,"_alpha",Normal.easeIn,0,100,1,true); // Use the Tween class to ease in the alpha from 0 to 100 over 1 seconds
        pictureTweenIn.onMotionFinished = function () { // When done fading
            _root.pause();  // Start pause() function
        }
    }
}
function pause() {
    myInterval = setInterval(pause_slideshow, pauseTime);
    function pause_slideshow() {
        clearInterval(myInterval);
        var pictureTweenOut:Tween = new Tween (picture_mc,"_alpha",Normal.easeOut,100,0,1,true); // After pause, start fade out
        pictureTweenOut.onMotionFinished = function () { // Once faded out
            _root.randomImage();  // Call next randomImage()
        }
    }
}
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reading the code quickly: call randomImage method within pause_slideshow, tweenIn and tweenOut begins at the same time. Though, you have load the current image and the next image to different movieclips or atleast to a different depth