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Basic Flash tutorial on how to apply a fade to Flash text
Step1:
First we will add some text and set the properties of the text.
To do this click on the Text Tool in the Tools bar.
Then left click on your mouse in the work area where you want to
put the text.
Step2:
To set the properties Right Click in the Text field, a small popup
menu will appear. Now Select Properties.
The Properties window will appear below the work area. For our Fade
effect set the font to Arial and the size to 30, and select any
color except white.
Step3:
Now we will be creating the Flash Text fade in effect. To do this
go to the timeline and right click on frame 20. A small popup menu
will appear. From this popup menu select insert keyframe. After
you have done this right calico on the keyframe again and select
create motion tween. Now go to the first key frame, again right
mouse click on it, and select create motion tween.
Step4:
Now we have arrived at the final step to create the basic fade in
text effect. To finalize it all we need to do is to set the alpha
channel of the first text to 0. To do this go to the workarea and
click on top of the text you already entered in Step1. Below the
work area the frame properties window will appear. In this window
you can set several properties such as the color and alpha channel
(fade) of the selected frame. To set the color of the text effect
to transparent, go to the color drop down menu and select alpha.
If needed set the alpha amount to 0 by dragging the slider downwards.
Step5:
To preview what we have created. Enter Ctrl Key and the Enter Key
on your keyboard.
Step6:
Now we have created the text fade in we will move on to create the
final text fade effect. To do this go to the timeline and right
mouse calico on frame 30. Select insert Keyframe. Go to the work
area and left calico on the text. Now the properties window below
the work area will appear. Go to the color drop down menu and select
Alpha and set the alpha number to 0.
Step7:
To preview what we have created. Enter Ctrl Key and the Enter Key
on your keyboard. Your animation should look like something such
as the Flash Fade Text animation below.