Re: FLASH: alpha doesnt work on a symbol

[James Krawec]

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I have this logo in AI format (PC) that was imported to Flash3 and converted 

to a symbol. But I cant make the alpha effect work on it! I have tried 

breaking apart and all other workarounds I could think of (not so many). Are 

there any limitations to the original file, or what am I doing wrong?

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Funny you should mention this Glenn.

I was just working on a logo done in ai format.


I have found that the alpha effect tends to be picky when you are dealing 

with symbols imported into Flash. First of all, don't break up the synbol, 

leave it as a single group. Insert the symbol into a keyframe and position 

it exactly. Insert another Keyframe where you want the fade to end. Now go 

to the two keyframes and change your alpha levels. After this is done click 

on any frame between the two keyframes and modify the frame properties and 

turn Tweening/Motion on.


Remember to make sure that you have the proper layer 'active' while you are 

working. If this still gives you trouble, create a new movie just for the 

fade and copy the frames to your desired movie when you are done. Quite a 

few times I have experienced similar difficulties when doing both tweening 

and Alpha channel effects. I honestly do not know what causes it?



James Krawec

JHK Enterprises

jkrawechotmail [dot] com

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