Can you fade in a state change?

Hi Alan!

I've been playing around with this (I was curious too!).  It appears that if you apply an animation effect to a built-in character state that you've added, it won't animate. 

However, if you create a custom state, you can apply an animation effect to the objects in that state.

So that might be a starting point for exploration.

Mike

Hi Alan and Mike,

Just wanted to point out a Superhero Phil Mayor tweak:

You can use the built-in states, but you need to

• apply the animation to the state
• then cut it
• then paste it back in.

AND, if you go back into the state afterward to double-check, the animated state won't show in the animation menu, but it will be there.

I put this tog. really quickly using a built-in template, and apparently because of the way the image of the character was cropped (I didn't make any changes to it, just added states) it actually does a fair amount of flashing when on the animated fade state comes in. But it's late and I need to quit. This at least gives you the idea.

The first slide simply has the state changes

The second slide has them with a fade-in for the built-in states.

Hi Alan! I just wanted to link this to your other post here, so that people could follow the actual conversation that has happened. Helps for future searches for sure

Let us know your thoughts on Becky's example and if that gets your brain turning with your own ideas.

Thanks Becky.

I see what you mean about the flashing.

Clearly what is happening is that the old state disappears and then the new one fades in making there be nothing there for a brief moment. 

I'm trying to work out if that is more ore less jaring than the change with no fade.... hmmmmm 

Hi Alan! I wanted to point you to another thread that Becky posted for you.

Thanks so much for all the excellent resources and solutions - My Storyline courses look GREAT!! in large part due to the experts in the forums 

So glad that you are finding the guidance and assistance that you needed here Cleon. Thanks for sharing :)

Hey all, 

I'm having an issue with this.  When I try to edit states, the animation panel is deactivated (greyed out).  The initial entrance of the object is faded in, but I want to fade from state to state.

Thanks!

Put the item you want for the new state on the slide and apply the animation to it. Then copy it, edit the state and paste it into the new state.

Any update or progress made on being able to add animations to states?  I'd really love to have this feature, especially when using characters.

Hey Leah,

At the moment, the best workflow to apply an animation to a state is to:

Add an object >> Create a new state >> Edit the state>> Cut the object >> Paste the object >> Then animate that object inside the state. 

Our teammate Cyrstal made a great Peek 360 video showcasing this workflow that Rebecca mentioned above: State Animation Trick

If you need any help with this setup, please let us know!