How to fade in an object via an action?

[petrk27901450]

I have a hidden object on a slide which I would like to show and fade in after a button is clicked. At the moment my advanced action looks like this:

Show > TextCaption

Apply Effect > TextCaption AlphaFromTo (Effect start: 0 sec, Effect Duration: 1 sec, Initial Alpha: 0%, Final Alpha: 100%)

What is happening though is that the object is simply appearing instead of fading in in 1 second. I am able to fade out objects by applying a similar effect (opposite alpha settings) and then hiding the object after a delay.

Not sure how to do this for fading objects in however. Has anyone done something like this before?

[Lilybiri]

Can you post a screenshot of the timeline panel of the slide?

[petrk27901450]

Here is a screenshot. This text caption is hidden by default and I would like to fade it in via an action.

[Lilybiri]

That is only the timeline of the slide, I would like to see the complete timeline for the slide! Need to see the interactive object(s) with its pausing point(s).  What has to happen after that effect is applied?

[fernando gerardz30883018]

Hello Petr.

I tried the same advanced action you posted and it is working without problems. I don't know what could be happening. Check if the click button has the right advanced actions assigned or do it again and save it with a different name. Restarting Captivate have worked for me sometimes.

Regards, Fernando

[petrk27901450]

Hi Fernando, yes the correct action appears to be assigned and the action is firing correctly, except for the object fading in. I have tried restarting Captivate and renaming the object but that didn't seem to make a difference unfortunately.