Please help me script this fade!

I am trying to get “Katherine” to fade in in the background… I am using @Dara.Amarie script but it’s not working for me… :confused: Could someone please help? I want Katherine to fade in and be at a lower opacity since she’s just being talked about… Here is what I have:

INT. BEGINNING

@EXTRAK enters from right to screen center AND EXTRAK moves to layer 3

EXTRAK (talk_neutral_atcamera_loop)
Hey guys, I’m Katherine.

@overlay BEGINNING create
@overlay BEGINNING shifts to 0 0
@overlay BEGINNING scales to 2.011 2.011
@overlay BEGINNING opacity 0.5 in 3
@overlay BEGINNING moves to layer 2

@KATHERINE stands screen left AND KATHERINE faces right AND KATHERINE moves to layer 1 AND KATHERINE is text_phone_neutral_loop

Try it by using layers like

(When you want your character visible )
@overlay OVERLAY NAME to layer 1
@CHARACTER moves to layer 2

(When your character to be disappear)

@overlay OVERLAY NAME to layer 2
@CHARACTER moves to layer 1

I think it’ll work

I hope you are getting my point :blush::sweat_smile:

Try setting the opacity to 0 first.

@overlay BEGINNING create
@overlay BEGINNING shifts to 0 0
@overlay BEGINNING scales to 2.011 2.011
@overlay BEGINNING opacity 0
@overlay BEGINNING moves to layer 2

&overlay BEGINNING opacity 0.5 in 3

You have to place your character before you change the opacity of the overlay. Right now you have the overlay fading in without your character being in the scene yet because you added your character after the overlay.

When I did that she wasn’t appearing period.

&KATHERINE stands screen left AND KATHERINE faces right AND KATHERINE moves to layer 1 AND KATHERINE is text_phone_neutral_loop
&overlay BEGINNING create
&overlay BEGINNING shifts to 0 0
&overlay BEGINNING scales to 2.011 2.011 in 0
&overlay BEGINNING moves to layer 2
&overlay BEGINNING opacity 1 in 0
@pause for 0.1
@overlay BEGINNING opacity 0.5 in 3

Try that :point_up:

THANK YOU! That worked perfect!!

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You’re welcome :blush:

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Closed: Marked as solved by op @Kayla.Episode :yay: