Fading out

kettricken · Post by **kettricken** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:18 pm

Hello again,

I'm trying to animate some basic ripples spreading out and fading away, but I can't work out hoe to get them to fade. They're just simple unfilled vector circles on a greenscreen background, nothing fancy - can anyone tell me hoe to get them to fade from 100% to invisible over the space of 30 frames?

Thanks a lot

kettricken

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:23 pm

I assume you are uing 5.6 Pro? You don't say...Anyway, transparency is an animatable feature. Make a key frame where you want the transparency effect to start, advance 30 frames, and set transparency to 100 or whatever. Sit back and watch...

kettricken · Post by **kettricken** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:58 pm

I'm actually using Debut (the latest one). I've tried adjusting the layer opacity, but that doesn't seem to work; I'm not sure how to alter the transparency. Any hints?

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:04 pm

Layer opacity does work, but you must render the file before you can see any effect.

kettricken · Post by **kettricken** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:22 pm

Ohh, thanks

kettricken · Post by **kettricken** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:27 pm

Finally got it - had to turn on the 'allow animated layer effects'. Thanks for all the help

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