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358 14. Transitions

That’s it. You’ve just built a crossfade transition! To see it in action, add
some images to your show, go open the Choose Transition window and
look for your new transition under the My Own Transitions category. This
is the default category for transitions you create..

Creating More Advanced Transitions
The crossfade example was very simple – it was just a basic fade in and fade
out. When you’re creating transitions, you’ll usually be building something
more complex.
Transitions can use just about any effect you can create with ProShow. You
can use motion to move the slide around (i.e. make the source slide zoom
out while the destination zooms in). You can use adjustment effects like
brightness, blur, and colorize. You can even use masks and adjustment
layers.

The key to creating a transition is to remember that you’re just building an
effect using two special things – your source slide and your destination
slide. Anything you can do with those layers will happen to the slides
during the transitions.

Here are few things to keep in mind while creating transitions:

• Always set the transition times to zero. ProShow will remind
you if you don’t.

• You must have at least one source layer and at least one
destination layer. A transition requires that you start with
something and end with something.

• You can have more than one source and destination layer. If
your effect needs more than one copy of the source or destination
slide, just mark multiple layers as the source or destination.
• For best results, start with your source layer filling the screen.
If at least one of your Transition Source layers doesn’t start
exactly filling the screen, you may see the slide pop, snap, or jump
when the transition starts.