Hi,
i just bought AS 10 Debut. I fear, i need help ...
Within my project I'd like to change scenes. After searching tutorials and webinars i still have no clue how to do it.
Second question: I didn't understand how to fade (key?) items in and out. For example, i want a text to become visible and invisible again.
Can i change opacity?
depends if your text is on a layer by itself, or if it's on a layer with other vectors.
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layer: on the layer settings - check the "allow animated layer effects" box; and then key the opacity value.. on frame 0: make sure it's 100%.
If you want it to fade in: on frame 1: set opacity 0%; at the start of the fade-in add another 0% key; at the end of the fade-in set 100%
if you want it to fade out: at the start of the fade-out set a key for 100% opacity; at the end, make it 0%
note that you can also vary other layer attributes such as shadow colour and offsets...
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vector within a layer: the same principle - i.e. "full on" on frame 0; if fading-in then key "off" on frame 1; then key immediately before the transition and again at the end... but this time change the alpha for shape fill and stroke between "on" (255) and "off" (0).
Note that you don't need to change stroke and fill at the same time (e.g. fade the fill out leaving the outline lagging behind) and that you can also change colours (e.g. de-saturate from blue to grey to fade out) and other shape attributes...
