FLASH - Fade In/Out Text Effect:

FLASH - Fade In/Out Text Effect:

1. Open a new project and click on the first frame. Add 30 frames to the time line.
This can be done by hitting F5 or selecting frames, right clicking and selecting insert frame.

2. Go back to frame one. Select the "Text Tool" type out the text you wish to fade.
Set the properties of the text to your needs (font, size, colour.) The properties menu should be at the bottom of the screen. If not select Window > Properties > Properties from the top menu bar.

3. Now select frame 15, you should still see your text here. Right click and select "Insert Keyframe"

4. Repeat on frame 30.

5. Right click on frame 1 and select "Create Motion Tween"

6. Right click on frame 15 and select "Create Motion Tween"

7. Select frame 1 and use the "Selection Tool" to select the text. Down on the properties menu it will now say the text is a graphic and on the far right it says "Color: none" change this to "Alpha" Now on the right will be a percentage change this percentage to 0%.

8. Repeat this for frame 30.

And you're done. Now preview your work by selecting Control > Test Movie from the top menu bar (or mac: Command + enter / win: Ctr + enter).

Download the flash.fla file here.

Extra:
If you only want to fade in or out just leave the relative half of the Motion tween out.

If you want the fade to be quicker take out frames. Alternatively add more frames to make it a longer fade.

If you want to do one fade then stop i.e. not loop round. Add the actionscript
stop();
to the end frame.