how to fade from day to night

[cynthia]

Hi,

I watched the content paradise tutorial on fading from day to night http://youtu.be/Q5w3m-YhZEE
and followed the instructions on checking the box to allow animated layer effects, and changing the opacity from 99% at 2 sec and 0% at 144 sec. But visually my opacity just jumped from 100% to 0% in 1/24th of a second. When I had a look at the opacity percentages along the timeline they [i]were[/i] automatically decreasing, but visually it was on-off.
Any suggestions?

thanks
Cynthia

[slowtiger]

Effects like fades don't show up in project view. You need to render a movie.

[cynthia]

Hi Slowtiger,

thanks so much for replying to my query so quickly. I rendered a half-size test movie and the fade works a charm. I do wonder though how content paradise could scrub up and down the timeline and show the fade while inside AS. I'll write him and ask.
BTW, I really enjoyed looking at your wonderful films on your website. Really beautiful

cheers,
cynthia

[slowtiger]

Have a look at the bottom right of the project window, under "Display" you'll find settings for transparency which is switched off by default. Remember that playback slows down and gets choppy when you use too many display options.