Fade in – images

Question

Hi there – I need help with this problem. I'm not a
Flash person but | have collated various bits of tutorials from
different forums and have 90% what I need – but it's
just not there. I don't want anything fancy – just 780x250
banner that rotates gently through a series of images pulled from
an XML file – no rollovers or music just the banner subtly
changing this image every 10 seconds or so. Right, here is the code
I've gleaned...
pauseTime = 3000;
xmlImages = new XML();
xmlImages.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlImages.onLoad = loadImages;
xmlImages.load("images.xml");
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
function loadImages(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlFirstChild = this.firstChild;
imageFileName = [];
totalImages = xmlFirstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<totalImages; i++) {
imageFileName
= xmlFirstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes.attributes.title;
randomImage();
function randomImage() {
if (loaded == filesize) {
var ran = Math.round(Math.random() * (totalImages - 1));
picture_mc.loadMovie(imageFileName[ran], 1);
pause();
var myTween:Object = new Tween(picture_mc, "_alpha",
Strong.easeInOut, 0, 100, 3, true);
function pause() {
pauseInterval = setInterval(pause_slideshow, pauseTime);
function pause_slideshow() {
clearInterval(pauseInterval);
randomImage();
This works really well – the only problem is to fade
the image OUT! So it fades in nicely, waits a few seconds and then
it cuts to the black stage before fading the next image in.
Now, changing this this line:
var myTween:Object = new Tween(picture_mc, "_alpha",
Strong.easeInOut, 0, 100, 3, true);
to this:
var myTween:Object = new Tween(picture_mc, "_alpha",
easeInOut, 20, 100, 15, false);
Makes it pretty close but it's more jumpy in the transition
– I just want a nice, slow fade in – pause – fade
out!
Really apreaciate any help on this.
Vanrooj

Answer 1

Just a quick update it's not rotates – I mean 5 images
in an XML file that is pulled into Flash – the images then
scroll one, two, three etc and the images fade into each
other.