Question

I have an image in Flex I want to change the image with actionscript to show some other image say every 3 seconds or so. I also want to make transition between the image and the next one for instance fade in/out. What is the best way to do so?

Answer 1

If you want to fade in the new image while at the same time fading out the old, use a Parallel object:

var p:Parallel = new Parallel();
var fadeOut:Fade = new Fade(image1);
fadeOut.alphaFrom = 1;
fadeOut.alphaTo = 0;
var fadeIn:Fade = new Fade(image2);
fadeIn.alphaFrom = 0;
fadeIn.alphaTo = 1;
p.addChild(fadeOut);
p.addChild(fadeIn);
p.duration = 1000; //time in ms
p.play();