How do i animation fade

so i have an object and it has multiple animations. they’re all just one frame. i wish to have it fade between the animations.

is there a way to do this?

either take the time to make extra animations for inbetween

or have two objects on top of eachother in the same animation, and when you want to switch to a new animation have both reduce opacity to 127.5(half) and change one into the animation you want to switch too, then wait like 0.1 seconds and set the other to the same animation and increase their opacities back to 255

the first option is better in retro/pixel art games, the second option can probably look dirty or unclean but would probably be easier

thank you. i will try the second option.