using actionscript fade effects?

[kriogenic]

hey there,

I was just wondering if anyone could help me understand the fade effects...

I have a project that currently just changes the source of a UI loader with a nice preloader and i want to make those images fade in and out before loading etc but am not sure how to it any help would be appreciated thanks.

Kriogenic.

[kriogenic]

I've tried

TransitionManager.start(UI_loader, {type:Fade, direction:Transition.IN, duration:3, easing:Strong.easeOut}); 

But I get the error

1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type fl.containers:UILoader to an unrelated type flash.display:MovieClip.

I am guessing this means I can't use this method to fade in and out a UI loader?

[cancerinform]

You cannot fade the class. You can only fade an instance of the class. You must have an instance of the UILoader somewhere with a name.