Flash Tutorial: How to make text fade in and out
Paladin needed some help with this... so here it is. 1. Type the text you want [img:2f7nm9ka]http://zbrooks.com/text1.jpg[/img:2f7nm9ka] 2. Right click the text - Convert to symbol [img:2f7nm9ka]http://zbrooks.com/text2.jpg[/img:2f7nm9ka] 3. Select "graphic" and name it [img:2f7nm9ka]http://zbrooks.com/text3.jpg[/img:2f7nm9ka] 4. Insert Keyframes in frames 15, 30, and 45. Between 0-15, the text will be fading in Between 15-30, the text will be fully colored Between 30-45, the text will be fading out [img:2f7nm9ka]http://zbrooks.com/text4.jpg[/img:2f7nm9ka] 5. CLICK FRAME ONE 6. Left click the text, and locate the "properties" bar. (usually on the bottom) 7. Under "color", select Alpha, and change the percent to 0 [img:2f7nm9ka]http://zbrooks.com/text5.jpg[/img:2f7nm9ka] 8. Right click anywhere between frame 0 and 15, and select create motion tween [img:2f7nm9ka]http://zbrooks.com/text6.jpg[/img:2f7nm9ka] 9. CLICK FRAME 45 10. Left click the text, and change the color to alpha again. (0% again) 11. Right click anywhere between from 30-45, and select create motion tween Done and done
