Fading an effect

(I will preface this by saying I am completely unfamiliar with how to use keyframes in this or any other application.)
I have been occasionally applying pretty severe effects for short opening title sequences which use the first few seconds of the principal video content. I've 'faded' these effects out to the clip's normal look as the titles end by using the Cross Dissolve effect. With the release of 10.0.1 & 10.0.2, however, I found that the crossfade lost track of time: I'd see the ghosts of movement from the overlapped clips: something shifts in time.
I always kind of knew I was cheating and that the crossfade effect wasn't the best way of doing this.
How can I use keyframes to fade an effect in or out? I haven't had much luck just playing with things.
Many thanks in advance...

It depends on the effect. Most have some kind of Amount function. To fade out an effect click the + button.
Go forward in time, and click the + button again, then set the Amount value to zero. That will fade the effect out over time.
You can also keyframe in the video animation HUD in the timeline.

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Sorry for this stupid question but I am new to Flash and I really cannot figure out how to do the following:
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Yours sincerely
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the plug-in script & css (if any) which you ref in your <head>
the function code inside <script> tags -- I prefer to put this above closing </body> tag.
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That's all there is to it. If you want anything fancier, look at Cycle's More Demos & Examples near the bottom of their home page.
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What kind of flash is this?

First let me say that I know very little about flash. I am
currently working on an html site but would like to incorporate
something similar to the below link as my main page. I have flash
and am trying to figure out what kind of code I should be searching
for. It is sorta like a slideshow but not really.
Here is the link...
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All I want to do is have a set of pictures randomly appear
but they are clickable with links to other parts of the site. Also,
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could direct me to what exactly that is (ie slideshow, navigation,
etc) I can search for more information on it. Thanks...

Hi Arithian,
What you are trying to do is quite simple, but you need a
fair knowledge of Actionscript to acheive that effect.
The linking of images to buttons (navigation) is simple, and
easy to pick up. just look in the flash docs, under buttons.
as for the fading transition effect, the flash docs will help
you out as well, look for Tween.
To get a automated image swap (automatic slideshow) you can
use afew different methods, probably the best (and first that comes
to mind) is the setInterval(); function.
Flash docs again will have the information you need.
to get a Random effect, look for the Math.random() method.
Hope that helps.
Come back here and ask for assistence if you get stuck, or if
you need some sample code.
good luck.

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