Keynote: How to fade in using opacity action?

Is it possible for the opacity action when creating an effect under Animate > Action in Keynote to go from X% to 100%? I can only see the ability for it to go from 100% to X% I would like the object I'm animating to fade in.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.2

Posted on Jan 13, 2026 5:15 AM

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Posted on Jan 13, 2026 10:13 AM

Fade In can be achieved at the slide/Build-In level, rather than as an Action.


You can use the Fade and Scale Built-In action,. with the scale set to 100% (so that it has no effect on the size/scale of the item, but the fade will still apply:


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Keynote: How to fade in using opacity action?

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