Fade out?

[seal36]

im having trouble with creating a fade out. for a fade in from black i know that you draw a black box which covers the stage, right click, transform etc.

but how do you create a fade out?

[billowillo]

stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame)
function eFrame(event:Event):void{
	mcBox.alpha -= .01
}

like that.

[Neo-13]

At 7/28/09 01:49 PM, seal36 wrote: im having trouble with creating a fade out. for a fade in from black i know that you draw a black box which covers the stage, right click, transform etc.

but how do you create a fade out?

Well if you can do a fade in, you can do a fade out...

[seal36]

is there any way you can animate it like the technique i mentioned for fading in?

[Neo-13]

At 7/28/09 01:55 PM, seal36 wrote: is there any way you can animate it like the technique i mentioned for fading in?

Ask yourself whether fading out is the exact opposite to fading in.

[Anamethatworks]

you could just draw a black box, make it a symbol. then place a keyframe later in the timeline, and give it a color alpha effect thing (bottom bar in cs3) and use that to set it's alpha to 0 (on the first of the two keyframes) then motion tween it. which will cause it to slowly fade from totally transparent to totally black.
you could then use easing for some more advanced-ish fading options

[seal36]

listen, when i try to fade out it either stays as a black box or fades in, no fading out. now are you going to help or continue to piss me off?

[seal36]

thanks aname.

[Neo-13]

At 7/28/09 02:07 PM, seal36 wrote: listen, when i try to fade out it either stays as a black box or fades in, no fading out. now are you going to help or continue to piss me off?

I'm not trying to piss you off, I'm trying to help you realise how to do it on your own. Trying to get those brain cells working.

But since that clearly didn't work:

Draw your box. Convert it to a movieclip. Insert a keframe at the end of the fade. Then on the first frame (where the fade starts), change the alpha of the box to 0, and insert a motion tween it.

[FlashtooREV]

At 7/28/09 02:11 PM, Neo-13 wrote: and insert a motion tween it.

A shape tween.

[TheChomper]

At 7/28/09 02:16 PM, FlashtooREV wrote:

At 7/28/09 02:11 PM, Neo-13 wrote: and insert a motion tween it.

A shape tween.

A motion tween actually, because he said he's using a symbol. A shape tween would work for a regular vector rectangle though.

[FlashtooREV]

At 7/28/09 02:23 PM, TheChomper wrote: he said he's using a symbol.

Yeah I forgot that for a second. D: Shame on me.

[seal36]

i had used anames advice before yours neo, but thanks anyway. (and yes motion tweening worked fine)