Keynote video fade-in and play simultaneously?

Hi Richard! Thanks for taking the time to reply - I appreciate it.

I figured out why the videos were refusing to play with the Dissolve Build In, and it had to do with those two confusing checkboxes: "Start on Click" and "Play Across Slides." I needed to uncheck the first but keep the second checked for each video, even if the videos were all on the same slide. So much guessing with this application!

Here's one way: cover the video with a rectangle the color of the background. Then Build-in with Play, and with that build dissolve out the rectangle.

Richard.Taylor wrote: … Here's one way: cover the video with a rectangle the color of the background. Then Build-in with Play, and with that build dissolve out the rectangle.

Hey, cat-girl, did this work for you?

It totally does. I've been using it for making interesting video effects that iMovie can't do by itself. I've been able to make some pretty cool videos using just these two native applications, with footage from my iPhone!

Yeah. There are a number of "does this affect this slide or the next one" type questions I have-- and then I can't remember it for the next time. It does a lot of cool stuff, though…