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412 14. Transitions

Creating Your Own Transitions

Not only does ProShow include hundreds of transition effects built-in, but it
also allows you to create your own effects. Creating your own transitions is
a great way to expand your collection of effects.

Creating a transition is very much like creating any other effect. It helps to
remember that a transition is just an effect that involves two slides. Just like
you might create a Slide Style that moves layers around – creating a
transition is simply a matter of building an effect that moves two slides
around.

The first time you create a transition, it can be a little daunting. Even
though it uses all the ProShow layer options you’ve used to create Slide
Styles and other effects, transitions introduce just enough new stuff that it
can take a few tries to get your head around it.

Transitions are created by building a slide that contains the effect. You use
special layers called Transition Layers to represent the slides that come
before and after the transition. By applying effects to these layers, you are
controlling what the slides do during your transition.

Let’s start with a very basic example. Let’s build a crossfade. This simple
example will show you the basics of creating a transition.