fading in and out

Leanne

is there a way to select a transition between scenes, like a fade in/out?

old_kipper

there are a couple of ways to do it. Put a black or white block over the scene that is triggered to fade in as the scene ends then add a similar block to the next scene, or if you want a pseudo crossfade, do a screen grab from the start of the next scene and fade it up as the old scene ends with a cut or fade at after the next scene loads.

hope that helps

kipper

Leanne

you say to trigger it to "fade in" or to "fade it up"- this is what i don't know how to do. what behaviour do i use?

old_kipper

use a rule with an interpolate.self.color.alpha over however many seconds you wish for the fade. To fade up from nothing interpolate self alpha to 1 from 0, and from solid to invisible 1 to 0.

Leanne

thanks! will try. don't really know what "interpolate" means.

Leanne

okay, i've got the fade out of the first scene happening, now for the "screen grab." how do i do that? sorry for all the handholding required. my next scene has only two actors, but i need them to fade in at the same time...