I found a way to do this by setting blendMode="layer" on the parent canvas. I'm not sure *why* it works, though...!
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "mthomas1969" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This one's got me stumped: > > I'm using a fade effect to fade out a canvas from alpha 1 to alpha 0. > > The canvas contains two overlapping PNG images, using <mx:Image>. > > The problem is that when I do the fade out effect (targeting the > canvas), it looks like the alpha property of each child image > is "fading" from 1 to 0, so that the background image begins to show > through the foreground image as the fade progresses. > > How would I prevent this? Is there a way to treat all of the visuals > in the canvas as a single entity whose alpha is "faded" out? > > thx! > -Matt >
