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Fade

Fade in refers to the effect where a text starts as transparent and later turns opaque.

Fade out refers to the effect where a text starts as opaque turns transparent.

Note

Adding a fade effect does not extend the duration of the line. Instead the effect is visible within the duration of line.

Simple Fade

Global / Untransformable Tag

Performs a two part fade effect: fade in at the start of line and fadeout at the end of the line.

Format Description
\fad(<fadein>,<fadeout>) Fade in effect at <fadein> and <fadeout> milliseconds

Example

{\fad(1200,250)}

Complex Fade

Global / Untransformable Tag

Info

I have never used complex fade ever. You'll probably never use it too. I've just put it here for completness.

Perform a five-part fade using three alpha values a1, a2, a3 and four time values t1, t2, t3 and t4 where time value is in milliseconds and alpha is in the decimal format (0-255).

  1. Before t1, the line has alpha a1.
  2. Between t1 and t2, line fades from alpha a1 to alpha a2.
  3. Between t2 and t3, the line has alpha a2 constantly.
  4. Betweent3 and t4, the line fades from alpha a2 to a3.
  5. After t4, the line has alpha a3.

Example

\fade(255,32,224,0,500,2000,2200)

How to find t1 and t2

You need to find the time to put it in the fade tag. Do you remember we learned about subs relative time in the video box page? I told you it will become useful later on too, didn't I? This is the time.

Let's say we want to find the time for fade in. The text is transparent in the beginning. You start from the first frame of the text (Press Ctrl+1 in video box) and step through the video frame forward with right arrow key until the text becomes fully opaque. You look at the start relative time in milliseconds. That is your fade in time.

Let's try to do the fade out time. The text is transparent at the end. You go the end frame of the text (Press Ctrl+2 in video box), step through the video frame backwards using left arrow key until the text becomes fully opaque. You look at the end relative time in milliseconds. That is your fade out time.