suppose you have:
instance ball1_mc which u want to go to opacity 30 in 5 secs
instance ball2_mc which u want to go to opacity 100 in 15 secs
then use
Code:
changeOpacity(ball1_mc, 30, 5);
changeOpacity(ball2_mc, 100, 15);
function changeOpacity(movie:MovieClip, opacityFinal:Number, secs:Number):Void {
if(movie._alpha < opacityFinal){movie.increase = true;}else{movie.increase = false;}
movie.opacityChange = Math.abs(movie._alpha - opacityFinal);
movie.opacityRate = 0.4 * movie.opacityChange/secs; //opacity rate change per 0.4 sec
movie.nChange = setInterval(changer, 0.4 * 1000, movie);
function changer(movie:MovieClip):Void {
if(movie.increase){
movie._alpha += movie.opacityRate;
if (movie._alpha >= opacityFinal) {
clearInterval(movie.nChange);
}
}else{
movie._alpha -= movie.opacityRate;
if (movie._alpha <= opacityFinal) {
clearInterval(movie.nChange);
}
}
}
}
P.S this is not 100% accurate e.g 15 secs may take 15.5 seconds and 30 opacity may end up being 29.4 opacity
eidt: Just saw kotex's reply (ive never used the tween class) damn u can do that with it? lol