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The End Effect tab is used to tell the transition what to do by the end of the transition period, for example, fade-out, change to another effect, fade-in, etc. If you want to transition from one effect to another, you specify the end effect code (derived from the SHARE panel in the CS Effects user interface), and the CS Transition smoothly interpolates the values. The possible options are presented here.
The most common type of transition will be the transition from one CS Effect setting to another. If you are transitioning these effects, you will want to set the end effect to this option.
You set the target (end) effect most simply by choosing SET EFFECT and then using the CS Effects interface to set your target effect:
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When you have finished setting your effect, press APPLY. If you do not wish to lock in your changes, press CANCEL. Either way, you will return to the CS Transition interface.
When you get back to the CS Transition interface, you will see the effect code in the box. If you prefer (though we don't know why you would), you can paste an effect code into the box instead of visually editing your effect with SET EFFECT.
If you want to have your CS Effect or movie clip fade-in, it is assume that the starting point is with the instance hidden (which you can do with the HIDE/FADE-OUT setting prior to invoking the FADE-IN trigger). The effect or movie clip will fade-in gradually over the transition duration (specified in the TRANSITION PARAMETERS tab). How smooth the fade-in occurs depends on the smoothness setting, also present in that tab.
If you apply a fade-in transition to a movie clip instance, CS Transition will issue play() at the beginning of the transition duration.
To have a movie clip or CS Effect fade out, that is, reach full transparency, you select this option. If your instance is a CS Effect, when it gets hidden, the Effect plume is also reset. The movie clip or Effect is gradually made more and more transparent, until it disappears (fully transparent). The amount of time it takes to disappear, and the smoothness, are controlled in the TRANSITION PARAMETERS tab.
If you want to hide the instance immediately on loading, set this to Hide / Fade Out, specify 0 for transition duration (in TRANSITION PARAMETERS tab), and set the trigger to Time with a value of 0 seconds. If you apply a fade-out transition to a movie clip instance, CS Transition will issue stop() at the end of the transition duration.
If you are delivering instruction, you may want to roll your scenario back to the starting point and re-initiate the transitions. By setting this transition to RESET, when it is triggered, the CS Effect instance is rolled back to the starting point, and the transition triggers are reset. For example, if the first right arrow keystroke activated a trigger, after a reset, pressing the right arrow key will re-activate the trigger.
You only need one Reset transition per instance. Therefore, if you have several CS Effect instances, you'll need one reset transition for each instance.
IMPORTANT: Any Reset Transition should be added to the Stage after any other transition for that CS Effect. If you encounter the situation in which your first triggered transition is occurring at the same time as your reset, cut the reset instance from the Stage and paste it back in.
If you apply a reset transition to a movie clip instance, CS Transition will call a method "reset". You would have to define that method to reset the movie clip--it won't do anything by itself. If you apply the reset transition to a CS State Manager, it will reset its timing and number of key presses seen already.
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