Transition Parameters

This tab contains transition parameters for determining important aspects of the transition.

• Transition Time. This is the duration of the transition, in seconds. A 0-duration transition happens immediately, i.e., goes directly to the end effect or fade-in/fade-out/reset.
• Transition Smoothness. This determines how often to update the effect or movie clip during the transition. Values close to SMOOTH make more frequent updates; values close to COARSE make less frequent updates.
• Switch Particles When. When you transition between effects that have different particles (graphic puffs), you tell the system at which point in the transition to switch over the particle. If you choose a value close to START, it will change the particle close to when the transition starts. If you choose a value close to the END, it will change the parameter close to when the transition is finishing.
• Ignore 'Overall Size' Changes. The start and end effect codes may have different 'Overall Size' parameters. The Overall Size controls the scale of the effect. If you transition between effects that have different scales, the transition will gradually change from the start overall scale to the end overall scale. This will almost necessarily cause the effect to jump as it changes its overall scale factor. Therefore, we added an option by which you can say to ignore the overall size in the start and end effect -- just use the overall size in the start effect. The easiest way to understand this is to try unchecking the box and see the resulting transition, comparing it to when the box is checked.