place the white rectangle over the photo
make it a movie clip (F8) and give it an instance name of clip say
add to main timeline
clip._alpha = 0;
fadephoto = setInterval(fade,100);
function fade(){
clip._alpha += 2;
if (clip._alpha >=99){
clearInterval(fadephoto);
}
}
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