Still frame fade in ... how to?

sfmrad wrote on 2/1/2005, 1:03 PM
Sorry if this has been asked before.

I want to fade in the first frame of a video and once it has reached 100% opacity start the video.

I tried splitting the event, but when I resized the first frame (after I had turned "Loop" off) it still began showing frames after the first one ... (this technique, however, does work for the last frame, just not the first).

Best way I have found so far is to take a snapshot of the first frame (as a .JPG), put it on the timeline, resize the time and fade it in, followed immediately by the video.

Seems a bit cumbersome to me ... anyone got a better way?